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    "id": 759752,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759752/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "October 10, 2017 SENATE DEBATES 6 Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "content": "Like everybody else, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to add my voice to this Petition in an affirmative way. Petitions like this are necessary because Kenya is largely still under livestock rearing; while the wild animals exist and they also need to eat. Although we make laws and rules about preserving wildlife animals, there is one area that is lacking; which is civic education of the folks, the people or wananchi; that having wild animals is beneficial to the country. At the same time, we should also give them an alternative as to what happens if a lion, a leopard or a fox consumes some of those animals. What are they supposed to do? In my part of the world, a lot of these animals are roaming around and they come at night and devour people’s animals. I spent the weekend with a man who told me that ten of his goats were consumed by foxes. I tried to explain to him that foxes are the property of the Government and he will be compensated but he did not buy the idea, which means that he lacks education in that aspect. He told me to bring him some poisonous chemicals that can get rid of the foxes which, of course, I did not support. When we make these laws, we also need to educate the people and give them the alternatives and act on them. It is useless to say that when a person’s domestic animals are consumed by wild animals, he or she will be compensated but when they ask for the compensation, they do not get it and they resort to taking matters into their own hands and the country ends up losing because the animals are eliminated from the world. The Petition is well placed and we want to get ahead with it."
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