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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to say just two or three things. First, I want to go on record as having supported this Vote. The Ministry has done well and I want to stop at that before I run the risk of sounding a bit of a sycophant. But as I make my contribution, I want to say that it would be dangerous for us to allow the Minister to go, because he may end up getting the feeling that the Ministry is for issues affecting the pastoralists alone. The staff who are here need to know that there is more than just the issues that have been raised very well by those who come from the pastoralist communities. The Ministry is much more than that. There is a danger if we do not bring it out that way. I know that the Minister has been very busy with issues affecting the pastoralist communities. It would be good if we see you in my constituency. We had a discussion in my constituency with my constituents and we agreed that, when we see the pastoralists in our area, we will allow them space and time because they are there because of the difficulties that we have in our country. That gesture is on and it will remain there. But there is a danger. When those head of cattle come through our areas--- Three months ago, I spent some Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money to vaccinate all the dairy cows against Foot and Mouth Diseases. But we have lost it now. The Government is also absent. Nothing has come to help the farmers in Ndaragwa, even after spending CDF money to support the Ministry. No intervention measures have been seen in the dairy sector. There are pigs which are supposed to be looked after. We also have rabbits and sheep. We are supposed to see the Ministry doing something about them. We have not felt it. We have the intervention measures including what the President and the Prime Minister were doing two days ago. What is there for those who are doing dairy farming? What is there for those who rely on milk and milk products? This Ministry must also remain relevant in those areas. There is nothing more that we need to say about it. We have the issue of veterinary officers. Now, we literally have to pay for everything. The private sector has taken over and they are very expensive. We are losing our dairy cows because of very simple diseases, for simple reason that farmers can no longer afford the medicine to cure these ailments. The veterinary sector in our area is no more. It is like history to those people. It is important that we get that. When we talk of intervention"
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