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    "id": 1198099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1198099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I keep talking about Kajiado County because it is one of the two counties, Narok being the other, which are neighbours and belong to the same economic bloc. I represent Narok County. When people in Kajiado County suffer, the people of Narok County also suffer. This is because all the cows in Kajiado County are moved. This morning, I had a call from a friend of mine who now wants to get into the meat industry. The first thing he said was, “I want to go to Kajiado County, Il bisil Market, to buy cows because they are now very cheap”. These are cows that a pastoralist has spent most of his life rearing, walking for miles on a daily basis to be able to feed them only for him to come and sell one at Kshs1000. If we care to listen, let us not just talk, but move with action. The new Ministry set up by the President should now come up with a clear policy on how they will develop uptake programmes that will buy the cows from the farmers at high prices, preserve that meat and sell it for more money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, we might be talking from two different isles, but when it comes to an issue that will be able to destroy livelihoods, we should all stand together and talk. We should not only look at our counties. I talk about Kilifi County because, it pains me when I see a child suffering who depends on the parents and never asked to be born in this country. During the Division of Revenue Bill, we sent billions of Kenya shillings to Turkana County. In fact, Turkana is the county that gets the highest revenue. However, when people are dying there, that"
}