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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to touch on the issue of poverty, particularly in the arid and semi arid areas. The arid and semi arid areas constitute about 80 per cent of this countryâs land mass. Also 50 per cent of livestock population is in the arid and semi arid areas. I want to say that 46 per cent of the agricultural produce in the market, originate from the livestock sector. But how much are we contributing from the Government coffers in terms of investment? We cannot believe; it is a meagre sum. We talk about economic development when we are actually misallocating resources. We ignore the livestock sector which keeps a number of African economies running. When you talk of agriculture, most people talk about farms. But the livestock sector is very key. In a number of districts, if you look at allocation of budget resources to the Ministry of Livestock and that of Agriculture, you will be surprised. There are more allocations in the agricultural sector than in the livestock which is the backbone of many economies in Africa. The officer from the Ministry of Agriculture may have more than one vehicle and you will realise the District Livestock Production Officer (DLPO) may not even have any. If he or she has one, it is not even serviceable. This is misallocation of resources which is a very basic matter. These things are happening because we want to continue doing things the same way. Yet, this time round in this country, we have emphasized time and again that it is the time to reform. We better stop doing thing the old way and start focusing on citizens."
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