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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1179418/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yussuf Farah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Session Paper No. 2 on the National Agricultural Policy. This policy is long overdue, I support the policy as an individual, as a farmer and as a livestock keeper. Most of the policies in livestock and Bills that are in place today were formulated before 1963. No new legislations and no new policies, apart from this, have ever been introduced in this House after 1963. Therefore, it is an area which has been neglected for a while and we need to have policies such as this. This policy will open up markets. It will increase the benefits of the livestock sector. It will allow the livestock farmer in Wajir West to access market, to get produce, to take the animal product to the market and to gain from it. It is an issue that we need to address urgently so that people can benefit the soonest possible. I also want to urge this House to kindly support the Bill, the Livestock Bill that will be introduced in this House very soon and which will put in place the livestock marketing board and other necessary policies and legislations that are needed to take the livestock sector to a greater height. The livestock sector has been greatly affected by both natural disasters, neglect from the Government side and even this House, which actually did not sufficiently address it. We believe that this country is not taking seriously the issue of livestock. This country does not think livestock is contributing to anything in this country. Livestock is one of the major contributors and it is one of the main income earners in this country. I believe the efforts that were put into only agriculture, 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."
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