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    "id": 849598,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "working because the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) failed to provide a framework for their remuneration and salaries scheme. The SRC and county governments never established the allowances which the committees were to be given. Therefore, they have not been facilitated to work. The committees were supposed to come up with ways of compensating the people and a framework to build the wildlife management systems in the counties so that each county can benefit more from the wildlife. However, up to date, these committees are not working. Therefore, how do we make sure that the Ministry implements this Bill? Madam Temporary Speaker, it is time that we think about how we can promote tourism in this country. I was lucky to travel to Indonesia with Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri. That country has come up with ways of promoting and enhancing tourism in the provinces where tourism is a resource. Every village has a fund that is contributed to through tourism, in terms of the money they get from hotels and any kind of tourist activities that go on in those villages. Therefore, our national Government should motivate the counties that have wildlife, as a way of promoting tourism. If people cannot grow crops because of the harsh climatic conditions, they can benefit through wildlife, which is their resource. Madam Temporary Speaker, many farmers in Taita Taveta and other counties that have wildlife, cannot grow and harvest crops, because of the destruction by wildlife. Some of the wildlife even attack and kill the domestic animals which are kept by the farmers. Therefore, they suffer a lot of damages. There should be timely compensation to people who have suffered because of attacks by wild animals. If you do not pay the victims on time, they suffer long-term effects. There are many people in Kajiado who have never been compensated for many years, yet they are crippled or have lost relatives. You can never tell such people to co- exist peacefully with wildlife, because they see wildlife as their enemy and damage to their environment, crops and livestock. Therefore, when we talk of wildlife protection and management and penalties against poaching, we should equally talk about compensating those people who have suffered because of wildlife. Madam Temporary Speaker, what has impressed me in Sen. Mwaruma‟s Motion is not only the compensation that victims of wildlife attacks should get, but also how we can make wildlife benefit the communities that are hosting them. Wildlife destroy water pans, wells and dams that have been dug by these communities. They also destroy crops. Therefore, we should have a framework through which these people can benefit from wildlife, either through the county getting money from the revenue brought about by wildlife or the national Government setting up projects to benefit the communities living with the wildlife. The Senate and the National Assembly should allocate a budget to create a fund to benefit these people. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you look at the budgets that the relevant Ministry is given, you wonder whether it will only cater for compensation or build initiatives to help the communities. Allocating a sufficient budget will help these communities. In addition, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife should appreciate the communities that host tourism, especially wildlife. There is the Tourism Fund which I have only heard about in the Ministry. However, I have never seen it helping the communities that host wildlife. When we talk of tourism, we are not only referring to 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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