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    "id": 93804,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/93804/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Minister, for donating the two minutes to me. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, wildlife issues are very close to my heart. My constituency is one of the constituencies which contribute a lot to wildlife issues in this country. It contributes about 50 per cent. That is more so in the case of Amboseli National Park. Tourism is the number one foreign exchange earner for this country, courtesy of wildlife. We always ask ourselves: “How much is ploughed back to the areas that are endowed with wildlife, in terms of corporate social responsibility, be it employment or building of schools, water and health?” Eighty per cent of the wildlife graze, roam, hunt and live outside the protected areas. They cause a lot of environmental degradation. They graze on peoples’ farms. They kill and maim people and their livestock, and this calls for some compensation either directly or indirectly through the corporate social responsibility. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, the issue of human-wildlife conflict requires a human face. I would like to ask the Ministry to ensure that the officers they send to national parks to deal with human-wildlife conflict are trained on human issues, and not just on wildlife issues. They need to have good public relations. They need to know conflict resolution techniques. In the parks, we have the warden in charge of community, the warden in charge of tourism, the warden in charge of---"
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