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    "id": 679384,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/679384/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to put my word in support of the Petition brought by Hon. Mwadime. Indeed, there is a great challenge between the societies that live adjacent to the parks and the game rangers. Sometimes straying into the parks becomes a matter of necessity in life. It is only if you are a herdsman like me that you will realise that when there is very serious drought, this can happen. The Government should seriously consider curving out small portions of our national parks and game reserves for herders to move in their livestock for grazing at certain times. If such an arrangement is made and it is well managed, there will absolutely be no problem. Balambala Constituency, which I represent borders both the Kora and the Meru National Parks. I can tell you that our people have no interest in harming wildlife. They are after the little green grass that is sometimes found in the parks only. Game rangers have used this as an excuse to extort money from people. In many cases, like it happened in the recent past, they injured people. There is need for dialogue between the societies that live adjacent to the parks and the managers of those parks, because the people are the owners of those parcels of land. If that is done there will be controlled grazing of livestock in those areas. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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