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    "id": 552043,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Adan",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to reply. I do not intend to take a lot of time because I know that my sister, Sen. Sijeny, is on her toes. First and foremost, let me take this opportunity to thank all the Members and my colleagues who have supported this Motion. It is very important for us to be on board about all the issues and the concerns raised by my colleagues. The critical aspect that I want to mention in this is the relationship between the communities and the wildlife. That has to be dealt with. Of course, prosecution is the best option instead of shooting somebody. We have laws in this country and it is important for us to enforce the laws but not to take the law into our hands. The other aspect is that if people are killed or tortured, there is no way they will respect the wildlife as my colleague Sen. Billow has said. There must be ways of dealing with this so that people can appreciate the wildlife and benefit from it. Again, there are pertinent issues that were raised by Sen. Billow on the aspect of the Board. That is a critical issue that KWS needs to deal with. As a country, we need to support that particular aspect. Finally, I want to talk about the issue of the grass in the park. As my colleagues have said, sometimes the locals may not understand these laws. It is important for them to sensitize the communities around them. We need to understand these communities. As I said earlier, this has been done in other countries. We need to find ways of helping the communities also. Sometimes they are forced to graze in these parks because they have no option whatsoever especially when there is drought. We cannot close our eyes and say that “Keep the animals away from there.” We need to have ways of dealing with this because it is a problem that is affecting the communities and once they get in; it is a problem that affects the KWS. This is because they cannot be running up and down chasing members of the community from the park. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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