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    "id": 849562,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849562/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "roads. As Sen. Mwaruma put it, the value of animals in our country can never be underscored. They bring a lot of money in terms of tourism which goes back to improving our lives. However, the activities that have gone on have led to pollution, poor land and water resource management, and in this case, climate change that has set in which has led to the drying up of the rivers. Apart from that, the animals‟ lives have been reversed in such a way that even their feeding methods are no longer as usual. I think it will be common in the future because I know what happens during evolution; animals find themselves in a different environment under what we call adaptive radiation to fit into the new environment and feed on the new or in this case live in the new environment in which they find themselves. We might even find that one time these wild animals may even come to our houses to feed on ugali. These animals have been affected in a way, and that is the reason why we are having a lot of injuries, deaths and destruction of crops. Sometimes a large plantation is destroyed. I used to say that the Act of 1989 which was reviewed in the Act of 2013, stipulates that: “All genuine victims of human-wildlife have a victim to be compensated.” In many cases, these compensations are supposed to be looked into by the County Wildlife Compensation Committee based on whether there is loss of life, injury, damage to property et cetera. In these cases stated, they have already stipulated that the amount of money to be paid for death is Kshs5 million, Kshs3 million for permanent disability and Kshs2 million for other damages and even crops are supposed to be compensated at market value. However, looking at what is happening now, there is little payment that goes to the victims of wildlife conflict and in this case the major clause used is the one that says that if a victim does not take reasonable measures, someone will not be compensated. If a victim in this case has been affected in an area where there is eco-system management, they cannot be compensated. Sometimes even issues of not reporting within 48 hours. What happens then is that right now, the compensation backlog for the last five years is in the range of Kshs15 billion which shows that there are few people who have been compensated and this begs the question what this County Wildlife Compensation Committee is doing. Either they are incompetent, they are corrupt or do not even use the clause I have just mentioned to ensure that few victims are compensated. In other places such as Ontario, Canada, there is always a standardized value model used to compensate victims and such a value system is normally efficient, very effective and is always done based on the market value and as fast as possible. This is quite unfortunate. Another scenario is the case of the residents of Nakuru East. I think that is where Sen. Kihika comes from. The residents are being disturbed by baboons and monkeys. There is even one scenario where a school pupil was injured at Kivumbini Ward. In this case, the major challenge is that baboons and monkeys are not on the list of those to be compensated. The only ones in the list are elephants, lions, leopards, rhinoceros, crocodiles and cheetahs. It is even interesting that snakes, wild dogs, wild pigs and shark are in the list but baboons and monkeys are not there. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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