John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

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• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I have the bigger part of Ruma National Park in my constituency. Sometimes we get very angry and annoyed when we find wildlife getting out of the fence, causing terror to families, killing our people, destroying our crops and even killing domestic animals. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: When we raise concern with the KWS, the first question you are asked if, for example, a leopard gets to your home and kills domestic animals is, was the animal sleeping outside or in a house? view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, our culture does not allow us to keep animals in houses. We keep them outside the house but within the boma. It is really annoying if someone tells you that your home is supposed to be controlled and managed by wildlife at night or during the day. This is because we do not employ wildlife to be our watchmen. We want wildlife to be in the park and us in our homes. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: If the Kenya Government does not want human-wildlife conflict, it must protect wildlife. It should fence the parks so that wildlife does not get to the homes. One time, I was shocked that the KWS went chasing my constituents. My home is about five or six kilometres from the park. These people were being chased five or so kilometres away from my home. They wanted to arrest them for killing a sungura and other animals. Those people were being accused of poaching. I asked how those people could have poached if the animals had strayed into their homes. I said ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I am on record on this and I have no apologies to make. I have told my constituents that any animal that strays outside the park and invades our home must be killed. The Government, instead of arresting those people, can arrest me because I am the one who has given them permission as their representative. So, the Government must make sure that even as it protects the animals, the lives and welfare of our constituents is of paramount importance to us. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the other concern that I have is with regard to hippopotamus. My constituency borders Lake Victoria. Some parts of my constituency are actually islands. I have two islands within the lake. We have a right to live where we are. We have also a right to use water from the lake. However, you will find hippopotamus getting out of the lake or getting to our shamba at night and destroying our crops. This is the case and yet there is no compensation. It is like hippopotamus have a right to feed on our crops. If an officer ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the most annoying part of it is that when a person is injured or killed by wildlife, there is no compensation. Even medical bills are not taken care of even if that injury is caused in your home. You are left to suffer and sort out yourself. This must stop. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I am happy that this Bill is now spelling out compensation. Of course, you cannot compensate death but, at least, this is a token for those who lose their lives as a result of wildlife. Those who are injured will get compensated. However, the compensation, in my view, is still low. One million shillings looks like a tidy sum but if you are talking about someone who has lost a sole breadwinner in a family, what is Kshs1 million? For how long will a family feed on Kshs1 million if it has lost someone who was taking care of it? ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: The Kenya Government should take care and be serious in protecting the lives of Kenyans. It should make sure that it fences the parks and increases the compensation. Sometimes the Government makes decisions without even involving the community. A national park like Ruma is not properly secured. This is the case and yet you will find the Government taking rhinos to that park. Rhinos are very dangerous animals. In fact, there is a main road in my constituency which passes through this park. You have to go through the park when travelling from Nyadenda to Nyabera. One location of my ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Any communication from the Speaker is usually taken seriously and is supposed to be used to guide future deliberations in the House. I would request that the Chair makes unequivocal pronouncement on this matter. In the past, I remember the Deputy Speaker has made a ruling that whenever a Statement is brought to the House and the Member who raised it is absent, that Statement should not be delivered. If today you are making another pronouncement, then we need to be sure and clear and that can only come from the Chair. Which is the way to go, is it ... view