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    "id": 836087,
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    "content": "FURTHER AWARE THAT, Kenya is endowed with different wildlife species whichcontribute substantially to the national economy through tourism; NOTING THAT, cases of human-wildlife conflict are on the rise as a result of manyfactors key among them climate change and encroachment on parks and nature reserves leading to deaths and maiming of people by wild animals; FURTHER noting that there’s need to create a conducive environment forpeaceful coexistence of humans and wildlife in the same space given the importance of wildlife not only to our economy but to ecology as well; CONCERNED that victims and families of victims of human- wildlife conflict are not being compensated for loss of lives, being maimed or loss of their means of livelihood due to failure of the Treasury to allocate adequate funds for this purpose contrary to the Wildlife Compensation Management Act, 2013; FURTHER CONCERNED that the regions and communities hosting the wildlife aremarginalized and do not benefit from the proceeds of tourism in their area; NOW THEREFORE the Senate calls upon the National Government to- 1. Allocate adequate funds during the current financial year and subsequent years for compensation; 2. Ensure that victims and families of victims of human-wildlife conflict are always compensated within 90 days of submitting their claims; and, 3. Come up with innovative ways of ensuring host communities benefit from the revenue accruing from wildlife tourism."
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