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    "id": 978308,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "I am raising this because the Ministry in charge of wildlife should have standards and regulations on how to deal with human-wildlife conflicts. There should be a standard way of compensation known to everybody. In this country, wildlife generates income for the nation, and it is one of the leading earners of foreign currency. Therefore, we should have regulations that address such eventualities when they happen. Better still, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has been doing exhibitions internationally. I keep on wondering why they cannot spend part of that money to fence off the areas where we have wildlife. For many years, we have been told that Maasai Mara National Reserve and the Tsavo National Parks are too large to be fenced. Maybe that is the way to go, because conflicts have not yielded anything. People have lost their loved ones and livestock. Sometimes we hear of elephants clearing a whole field of maize. Therefore, the Ministry should take this issue very seriously; not only to compensate people, but to also ensure that they have ways of protecting the animals, so that animals and human beings stay where they belong. Now that we have solar electric panels, why can we not have solar fencing around our parks? We know it is done in other parts of the world where they have electric fences and animals remain in the parks. It is important that we contain animals and make sure that we protect our people. With those remarks, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support, and hope that the Committee will go deeper when looking at this issue. They should not only look at compensation, but also come up with a way forward that will enable us to protect people before conflicts arise."
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