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    "id": 132466,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/132466/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 20,
        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this very important Motion. Let me thank the Minister, the Assistant Minister, the Permanent Secretary and other players in the Ministry for their continued commitment and dedication in the Ministry. I also take this opportunity to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee, Mr. Mututho, for his radical recommendations which I hope the Ministry will study and implement. On the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), I take this opportunity to thank the Government for reviving this very important asset. The revived factory should not be allowed to collapse again. One reason why it can easily collapse is the appointment of the top management. We have noted time and again, that the top cream; the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has been appointed on ethnic consideration. This should not be the factor to be considered. Qualified and capable Kenyans should be given the opportunity to lead such parastatals. It is also important that the expansion programme for KMC must be embarked upon. There are so many animals that have been taken by KMC. Once they are taken there, the current facility cannot accommodate the numbers from the north eastern region. Secondly, the KMC must embark on a very aggressive campaign to sell the end product. Secondary schools and universities should be allowed to buy meat products at subsidized prices. On the issue of private practitioners, they have been denied a chance to buy certain seemen and this has really hindered their operations in the field. That issue must be addressed critically by the Minister. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, concerning dairy farming in Central Province, we have not had rain just like other regions in the country. When I hear hay being given to farmers to keep their animals alive, I am disappointed that none has been released to Central Province. It is, therefore, important that as we create employment for"
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