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    "content": "My Ministry has been allocated about Kshs3,147,400,000 for the Recurrent Expenditure and about Kshs1.2 billion for the Development Expenditure. One of the things that has made us not achieve our mandate--- I have said that the livestock sector depends upon the people who occupy 80 per cent of the land mass in this country. Depressed budgetary allocation is a major hindrance in this Ministry achieving its potential. The livestock sector can play a key role in the development of this nation. Since most households keep livestock, the revival of this sector will be the quickest way of revising the trend of poverty in this country. This will create wealth and contribute to increased GDP in this country. The livestock and the agricultural sectors are key if we have to turn around this country. However, it is difficult with this kind of budgetary allocation. We have few staff and vehicles. For example, this Ministry received the last new vehicles in 1991. Most of the Land Rovers which belong to the Ministry in the constituencies have been placed on stones. All of them have been grounded. It is very difficult to realise the potential of this sector which could have alleviated poverty that our"
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