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    "id": 978319,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Let me, first of all, join you in welcoming the students from Ghanima El-Marzuq Girls High School, Kajiado County. I must say that they are well groomed and very smart. I know that they are also working very smart so that they can achieve what they went to do in school; and finally join the Senate leadership. Secondly, I must say that for a long time since I joined the Senate, I have been raising this issue of human-wildlife conflicts. The issue is rampant in most parts in the country. The importance of wildlife cannot be gainsaid, given that Kenya is the home of the Big Five; that is the lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and giraffe. These animals attracts tourists from all over the world, and they are very important as a tourist attraction. However, when crops are destroyed by wildlife and people are killed, it is takes a long time for them to be compensated. I am, therefore, proposing an amendment to the Wildlife Management Act. The Act envisages compensation for people, crops and animals that are either killed or destroyed by wildlife. However, there is no timeline given for that compensation. It takes a long time for compensation. We want to put a timeline – either three or four months – after you put your claim, so that you are paid. I would like to say that the KWS and the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has not done enough in terms of working hard to compensate our people. At one time, I brought a Statement here asking the Ministry to tell us how much is earned, for example, from the Tsavo National Park. It is sad to say that the answer that I was given is that we earn Kshs50 million from the park. When I asked about how they arrived at that figure of Kshs50 million, I was told that the amount is from the land rates which the hotels pay. I then asked about the bed capacity, the Value Added Tax (VAT) that is charged; and the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) deducted from the employees. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that our Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources and the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization might be involved in this, depending on where the Petition will go. I promise that we will do a lot of work to ensure that the people of Lamu County and other parts of Kenya, like Taita Taveta---"
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