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    "content": "I would like to thank the Government for buying livestock from the farmers using the off-take process. On average, about Kshs8,000 is an amount that is commendable looking at the economic situation that we are facing right now. But we would like it to be implemented very fast. We do not have to wait for October or November when there will be no livestock to buy. Let it happen as soon as next week so that those animals which are dying are bought. In the last off-take system, we realized that the way KMC was buying the animals from farmers was not known to Members of Parliament. Very few farmers or livestock traders got the opportunity but many were left out. So, we want the system to be streamlined so that if the purchase is being done at the district level, then the officers concerned should be there on the spot to buy the livestock. They should not ask the farmers to bring the animals all the way from Mandera, North Horr, Moyale and Marsabit. In fact, by the time they reach there, they are all dead. So, that does not serve any purpose. But if they buy the animals right at that particular spot, I am sure we are bound to benefit. The vandalization and disposing of assets of this Ministry has contributed greatly to the staff in the Ministry becoming ineffective. We need this to be looked at seriously to revive the staff in the Ministry so that they are effective and they are able to reach livestock farmers and help them."
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