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"speaker_name": "Dr. Kuti",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Livestock Development",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the response by Members. The off-take programme is happening at the markets. The Government pays for transport. I want to make that very clear. That is the answer to the question by Dr. Nuh. It is at the location or district headquarters depending on the size. Arrangements are made by the District Livestock Officers and District Veterinary Officers. There is the issue of sheep, goats and chicken. If we had the funds, we could buy all these. However, you will realize that sheep and goats browse. The drought affects cattle more than sheep, goats and camels. This is because cattle can only graze and grass is unavailable. This exposes them to deaths. The animals that are now dying in large numbers are not goats and sheep but the cattle. That is why we are directing our attention to the cattle. Chicken run around and even take care of âhuman whateverâ. They can, therefore, survive better. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of satellite abattoirs is a very good one. It is a wrong idea to have a meat factory in Nairobi when we have tea factories in tea farms and coffee factories in coffee farms. That is a misplaced thing. We now have satellite abattoirs coming up in areas in like Isiolo and Garissa. There is already one at Mombasa and Lokichoggio. We intend to increase these numbers in areas where livestock are, so that we bring factories closer to the raw materials. The issue of slaughtering animals is very important. We are now slaughtering 10 per cent of the animals at the buying point. But, today, I have announced that we should increase that to 20 per cent. In actual fact, we can increase that percentage where veterinary or livestock officers on the ground feel that the animals cannot arrive in good shape. They should be slaughtered in the areas that they are being bought."
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