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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to respond to Mr. Kioni’s comment that this is not just an issue for the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. There are wider issues. There are the issues of dairy farming, apiculture subsectors as well as upcoming livestock. As I said earlier, all the policies that were in place were archaic. I started by saying that by the end of this year--- We have a deadline to finalise all our policies to create the road map along which every subsector will be performing. I would like to assure hon. Members and all Kenyans that this Ministry will not, in any way, show any bias in terms of service delivery to livestock farmers wherever they will be, be they in the highlands or in the ASALs. Services will be available through policies that will be implemented through time-framed deadlines. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue that was mentioned is livestock census. I have even put it in the media that we are hitching a ride on the population census; questionnaires have been produced to be used during the population census to solicit information on the various types of livestock that families may be having. So, the questions on livestock contained in the questionnaire will give us a more recent data on livestock. In fact, the last livestock census was done in 1969. So, the figures that we are using are not accurate at all. We hope that by hitching a ride on the population census, we will be able to come up with more accurate figures. The issue of livestock insurance is very critical. I would like to assure hon. Members that very soon a policy will be taken to Cabinet for approval before it is brought to this House in order to come up with the necessary cushioning of our farmers at times like now, when they are bound to lose a lot of their livestock. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of marketing and the KMC was also raised. A soon as I was appointed Minister, I came to this House and stated clearly the very bleak situation that was facing the KMC. We have appointed a new board and a new Managing Director on very competitive terms. A five-year turn-around plan is in"
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