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    "id": 1008161,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1008161/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Kago",
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        "legal_name": "Gabriel Kago Mukuha",
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    "content": "encountered by small-scale farmers include outbreak of diseases, poor storage facilities, delayed payment by co-operatives, poor infrastructure for delivering milk products, expensive feeds and supplements and lack of economies of scale for dairy farming. Hon. Speaker, for the past few months, dairy farmers in Kiambu County have suffered huge losses as a result of livestock deaths due to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease. The disease was first reported in September 2019 and has claimed over 1,200 dairy cows. To date, the disease has not been contained. This has greatly affected the livelihood of thousands of farmers who rely on dairy farming as their main source of livelihood. For instance, Githunguri Dairies, the processor of Fresha Milk and other products, has seen a reduction in milk processing from 300,000 litres to 220,000 litres per day. It is on these grounds, therefore, that I seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives. In the Statement, the Chairperson should inform this House on the following: (i) What measures have been put in place to urgently contain Foot and Mouth disease in Githunguri Constituency and Kiambu County? (ii) What measures have been put in place to prevent and contain livestock disease outbreak in the country, particularly in Githunguri Constituency? (iii) What programmes are in place to ensure that dairy farmers in the country and in particular Githunguri Constituency are provided and equipped with information on proper and safe animal husbandry practices to help them manage their livestock in the event of such cattle disease outbreaks? (iv) Could the Government consider re-stocking the livestock lost in Githunguri Constituency as a result of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak to help the farmers recover the animals they have lost to the disease? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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