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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have just came back from Botswana and Namibia which have eradicated tsetse fly completely. We have borrowed the technology of air spray and the chemicals used have been found to be less harmful to fauna and flora but harmful to tsetse flies. In collaboration with Uganda and Ethiopia, we have started a programme of eradicating tsetse-flies in the north. This is a very important programme because there are some areas with good fodder and enough water but livestock cannot access it because of tsetse-flies which cause sleeping sickness in human beings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry places a high priority on offering extension and veterinary services to livestock keepers, and training them on new methods of livestock management. In light of the limited resources available and the desire to reach more livestock keepers, my Ministry is encouraging collaboration and networking with stakeholders such as the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK), Livestock Breeders Association (LBA), the private sector and civil society in the provision of extension"
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