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    "content": "States of America (USA). Let us keep animals out of the Meru National Park. This is my sincere plea to our colleagues in Isiolo: Please, keep off Meru National Park. I am not saying that they should be killed. I know that when poachers are killed nobody talks about them but as a human rights person, I am against the death penalty for any person. There should be legal ways of keeping those cattle herders outside the park. They should also respect the law. In the old colonial days, I think it is Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o who was talking about these draconian colonial tactics. Some of them worked, for example, they used to detain the animals and take them away from the herders. Sometimes they took them to the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) for slaughter. We should look at those alternatives so that we can send a very clear message that the park is not for domestic animals. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not want this to be seen as conflict between the Meru and the Isiolo communities. The issue before us is between the members from Isiolo County and the KWS but if the theatre of that war is in Meru, then obviously, we have to come in. Our message is very clear: Please keep off Meru National Park. I have made my point, and I thank you for this opportunity. When the Committee is formed, we shall have a big delegation to come and make its own submissions."
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