President William Ruto has cracked Heads of State and delegates attending the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi.
Speaking on Thursday, February 29, Ruto informed the over 3,000 delegates attending the session that they should leave the country before witnessing a spectacular phenomenon in Naivasha.
The Head of State claimed that by visiting Naivasha, they would be able to witness baboons hold their legislative meetings in their makeshift parliaments.
"I invite you to go to Naivasha and you will find a phenomenon called the baboon parliament where baboons meet regularly at a particular place and time and they discuss their legislative issues, " Ruto stated amid laughter from the delegates.
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"If you have a little bit more time, you might want to go to Maasai Mara where we have the wildebeest migration. this migration is much more orderly than the human migration," Ruto added.
Baboon Parliament is a popular local folk legend circulated throughout the country for many years. According to the folk legend, a group of baboons in Mount Suswa were observed sitting on rocks in a formation that resembled a human parliament.
The story goes that the baboons would sit in the same formation every day, and one baboon would stand up and make loud noises while the others listened attentively.
The baboons would then appear to engage in some form of decision-making process before dispersing. However, there are no documented scientific studies to support the claims.
The President also revisited the swimming lions claim. He noted that Lamu has swimming lions which are attracting huge volumes of tourists.
"If you have a little bit more time, please travel to Lamu and you will have an opportunity to watch swimming lions there and finally you might want to watch another migration called the whales' migration in Tana River."
The last time Ruto encouraged tourists to visit Lamu to watch the swimming lions, the coastal town recorded an upsurge in tourists.
However, most of them left disappointed after failing to see the lions swimming as claimed by Ruto.
