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    "id": 848682,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had sought an opportunity to talk about our rhinos and I thank Sen. Seneta for having walked ahead of me to your Office to get the opportunity. I support fully what she said. The committee that will look at this must establish the following facts. They need to tell us why rhinos were being removed from Lake Nakuru and Nairobi national parks where there is more vegetation and taken to Tsavo East National Park which is Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL). The second thing is that rhinos are an attraction to tourists and therefore part of the economy of the counties where they are domiciled. Was public participation undertaken for the public in Nairobi and Nakuru to allow their rhinos to be taken elsewhere and therefore lose revenue? The facts are as follows. Those rhinos were sedated and crated and moved to Tsavo East National Park. Upon arrival, they were maintained in the crates and fed for five days but I do not know whether that was right. After five days, the rhinos were released into a sanctuary that had not been properly analysed scientifically to see whether they could survive or not. More importantly is that boreholes had been drilled in the sanctuary. Their waters were taken and tested and found to be 30 per cent more alkaline than is required for bovine consumption. So, as the rhinos were released to go into the bush, they were going to actually drink poison because the water from the boreholes had 30 per cent alkaline content, over and above the required level for animals to consume. When the rhinos died, we have now heard a charade like a theatre of the absurd. The Cabinet Secretary has said all manner of things including, but not limited to, lying to Kenyans that the Board of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was responsible when he knows that the term of KWS board expired on 17th April this year but the rhinos were relocated on 26th June this year. So, which board is he referring to? Secondly, the Cabinet Secretary, in a fit of impatience and arrogance, moved quickly to sack employees of KWS. We know under the law that a Cabinet Secretary cannot sack employees of a board. So, under what authority was he purporting to dismiss the employees of the board? The excessive display of raw authority and power is what is destroying this country. When Kenyans got angry with the Cabinet Secretary, he said, “Go to hell”. He thought that Kenyans have got brains the size of a pinhead but swung round and started saying that he did not say “Go to hell” but “Go to Hells Gate”. What a shame! I am sure 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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