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    "id": 849586,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "The nation should know that Sen. Mwaruma is really concerned about his people and he has followed up on this Motion many times. I am happy it has come to floor of this House. The issue of coexistence is very important. We are aware of the importance that wildlife has to everyone and all nations. We also know that if wildlife is not managed well, it can have devastating effects on a nation. I believe that by the end of the debate, the Government will put some mechanisms in place to ensure that we protect our wildlife because it has some positive benefits. It creates employment, it is a source of tourism and it increases the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As much as wildlife contributes to all these, the Government has to ensure that people are also protected for the wildlife not to be a mixed blessing. If it is a blessing, let it be a blessing but it should not be a blessing on one hand and a curse on the other hand. I feel that there is need for us to protect our wildlife from extinction because it has many benefits. When talking of wildlife, we are not only talking about the animals but we are also talking about the wild plants and anything else that is not domesticated by man. All the living and non-living things that are not domesticated by man have value hence there is need for co-existence. When you talk of snakes, there are some people who will say when a woman holds her wrist, the snake will stop moving while the other person will say that a man should come with an axe and ensure that he has hit the head of the snake yet the venom of a snake, such as that of a cobra, is medicinal. We need to see how we can preserve wildlife even as we protect human beings so that they are not affected negatively by wildlife."
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