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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I support it and I will give a few remarks. First of all, the Title of the Bill is what I would like the venerable hon. Senator of Nandi to look into. It is considering the question of theft and yet the issues that we have in this country are bigger than theft. We have very many issues around livestock that if we were to use a computer chip that carries data about an animal, I would expect it to be an identifier for that animal and not just for purposes of avoiding theft. One thing that has really hurt us in this country has been the question of management of genetics. If you are a breeder today and you have to go and buy pedigree, it has become very difficult to be able to trace what kind of animals are available. We have also seen the problem of inbreeding that has really reduced the size and health of our animals. With this kind of Bill, if somebody had data, you could be able to guide and say, if you are buying this heifer avoid this kind of--- You can look at the data of the animal and it will tell you how to manage it. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are also looking at the question of vaccinations. You can look at a chip of the animal if it is real because it will be readable. You can also know whether it has been vaccinated and things like those can be carried on board. I would exactly want to know how the database will be managed. The Senator of Kajiado has talked about the question of butchers. How would they be handled? It is important that perhaps we have handheld devices into which the database about these animals can be downloaded in real time. Therefore, if somebody arrives with"
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