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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) which should have supported livestock farmers in this country has failed them. This is the case and yet it falls under a Ministry that has a Minister and an Assistant Minister. I do not know whether they are the ones who have failed or it is the budget that is not sufficient. I have no reason to believe that it is the Minister or the Assistant Minister who have failed. The KMC’s failure has got to do with the policies of the Government. The KMC should have moved in now and bought livestock from farmers instead of leaving them to die because money has been set aside for this venture. Instead of doing this, the KMC is asking people to transport weak livestock all the way from Mandera to its grounds. Some livestock would be too weak while others would die by the time they arrive at the KMC. Why can the KMC officials not visit every part of northern Kenya, buy livestock from the villages, slaughter them there and give the people as relief food? By doing that, the Government will gain in both ways. The livestock will be slaughtered and eaten in northern Kenya instead of transporting them to the KMC grounds. Our people are sentimental. They would rather leave the livestock to die than take them to a market place for sale. This is because we believe that livestock is a treasure to keep."
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