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    "id": 849611,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849611/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13178,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "with this relevant Motion to all of us and to every county, with again a lot of passion and emotions because of the suffering that Kenyans have gone through. Going through the Motion and listening to the contribution of the Senators, it is quite clear that God has blessed this nation with wild animals. We are all proud of our country, and especially the wild animals. We thank God for all the resources that he has given us. Again, when you look at the other side, you clearly see the destruction of property and the huge number of people who have lost lives or have been injured in the past by the wild animals. In a way, this has also increased poverty among our people, because crops have been damaged and property destroyed. Therefore, there is need for us to deliberate on this and see how we can create a conducive environment for peaceful co-existence. In Kenya, we are well known for working for peace or peaceful co-existence between ethnic groups and conflict and resolution management between different people. However, from this debate and our own experience, it is clear that peaceful co-existence is also relevant between human beings and wild animals that God has given us. Conflict resolution and management is not only relevant to human beings, but also between us and wild animals. When we have the laws in place, but we do not implement them, the people who suffer are those at the grassroots. We know that many of our people have gone through a lot of suffering. We have talked of compensation. In Kenya, compensation, of course, is relative because you can only be compensated when you have someone somewhere. As we always say, you must have somebody or a godfather somewhere for you to be compensated; for your needs to be known or your file to be alive always. As a result of corruption and bad practice in our nation, many people have suffered. Besides the many things that have been introduced or suggested, there is need for us to suggest that the people who live close to wildlife parks need to have some training and capacity building done, so that they can defend themselves. They need to be given some life skills. For example, they need to know what to do when a wild animal comes. Most of the time, children are always the victims and they suffer. If we equip our people well, then they will know what to do when that danger comes. The Government should provide or put in place protective measures such as good fencing. I know this needs a lot of funds. I come from Marsabit and thank God for our Senator who spoke before me. As he was speaking, I was picking some of the very important things. In Marsabit we are blessed with a huge forest where we have different types of wildlife. The areas adjacent to the park have suffered. In areas such as Songa, Kituruni, Karare, Badassa, Dirib Gombo and part of Sagante area, farmers have lost a lot of their property, farms have been destroyed and animals lost. They keep on losing goats and even their cows. No one has ever been compensated simply because the committee that is supposed to work and receive all the concerns is not there."
}