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    "id": 849590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849590/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak to this important Motion by the Senator of Taita Taveta County, Sen. Mwaruma. I commend him for bringing this Motion for this is one of the issues that we grappled with when I was the Attorney-General. If you look at history, from the colonial times up to now, you will find that the lives of wild animals were valued more than the lives of the indigenous people of this country. This means that when a protected wildlife was killed, the punishment that was meted out on the indigenous Africans living in a particular village was far much worse than when the wildlife by chance killed the native those days. When a wild animal loses its life in the hands of the native, the death was taken seriously than when a native lost his life at the behest of the wildlife. That was during the colonial times. I remember when I was the Attorney-General, we changed the laws a bit to restore the balance and to give more prominence to the human being. We increased the amount of compensation which was to be paid, but at that time it was very low. 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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