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    "id": 1368080,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I can see you are consulting on the issues of Bomet County. I hope all is well. We are giving the county assemblies power to go and domesticate this in Bomet, West Pokot and Nairobi county assemblies. The issue of cattle rustling is not restricted to northern Kenya alone. I have told you before that Nairobi County is unknowingly financing cattle rustling in this country. No one can tell us with certainty where the meat we eat in Nairobi is from. Another clause states that when you apply for registration and branding, you must be given within 30 days. For example, if I apply to the CECM of Agriculture for Kajiado County for my animals, he should give it to me in 30 days. There must be an application. Clause 7 talks about certificate of registration of a brand as provided for under Clause 5(3). The county executive shall issue the applicant a certificate of registration in the prescribed form. You must have a certificate of registration. Where the holder of the certificate claims that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, the holder of the certificate may make an application in accordance with Clause 7(4) to the CECM. Clause 8 of the Bill states the process that the CECM should follow to transfer the rights of a brand to another person. Somebody may argue that if a farmer has been issued with a registration certificate, how do they get it back? For instance, if you buy in Kibiku area, Kajiado County, and you want to transfer to Nairobi; assuming you are the owner of an abattoir or a slaughterhouse, you have the right to transfer that brand to another person. The CECM in Charge of Agriculture in the county government should approve receipt of that application and issue a certificate of transfer. Therefore, we shall be doing normal transfers, the same way we buy land and issue certificate of transfer because of a sale agreement. Kenyans must understand this. When I buy livestock, you must do a certificate of transfer and this is the work of the CECM. I did not want us to lose sight of ensuring that we have the CECM. The CECM has the power to cancel the certificate of registration Another unique thing in this Bill is that as an animal gets to six months, it must be branded with a registered brand. It say: “It should be branded with a brand in which the livestock owner is the proprietor.” If that animal is beyond six months, assuming that this law comes into effect within three months of the enactment of this Bill, it should be branded with a registered brand in which the livestock owner is the proprietor. The branding should be conspicuous, present and done with the use permanent identification devices. There is a way that they put it. There was a time a bird was shot somewhere in Nandi County and we were told that, that bird had come from the Netherlands. The permanent identification device should be used. On movement of livestock, there was a prescriptive way of ensuring that the removal shall be triplicate and indicated; it is basic. This is the first time such a Bill is coming before the House. It must have certain procedures like the date of birth of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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