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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the response given by my good friend, Senator Charles Kibiru, is not satisfactory at all. Furthermore, it delayed because we had requested that a letter be done to the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism pronto to check the translocation but it was not. I was with the Cabinet Secretary two weeks ago and the translocation has already been done. When I read that response about the rationale for translocating the animals from Solio Ranch and Sangari Ranch to Tsavo National Park, I felt like jumping out of my skin. This only serves to confirm my fears. If you can remember, when I was requesting for the Statement, I had made some claims, that particular areas in this country are supposed to be protected from the animals. It was clear and rational that we have animals in Solio and Sangari ranches in Laikipia counties that are brutal bulls. They are likely to break the electric fences because they are rowdy and disturb the people who live adjacent to those areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you go to Tsavo National Park, there are no fences; people are not protected from wild animals. So, it is true that time I only made a claim without any data or evidence. I only had anectodical evidence and conjecture. However, I have confirmed that some areas are supposed to be protected from the wild animals while other areas which are traditionally marginalized are given those animals to continue being marginalized. These elephants disturb people. I have shown you some of the clips when we were chasing the elephants. Food is destroyed and from that data, the people of Taita Taveta County have not been compensated. There are four deaths which have not been compensated running from 2013. There are outposts that have been set but some have no vehicles. So, I would like to request that the Committee on Tourism and Industrialization, of which I am a Member, to visit Taita Taveta County and see whether those outposts are there. We can also see the progress of the electric fence; how far it has gone and what the government is doing to complete it in time. That is my request."
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