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    "id": 1425833,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mithika Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, let me try to respond to the issues raised by the Senator regarding KeLCoP and FSRP. These are projects that we implement together with the county governments. They are donor-funded projects with regulations. We have been very clear that once finance agreements are done and we find that the projects in their normal structure do not correspond to our BETA, we have room to readjust those components being financed, so that they can speak to what the Government’s agenda is. That is why I had a meeting with the World Bank last week. Another one will be on Thursday morning. It is not factual that money for FSRP and KeLCoP is being spent by Europeans on trips and other things. Do you know why? It is because the FSRP is a project that is starting now. The project is barely two months old. This project has not started. The project coordinator was my technical advisor. What I can say is that the project has not started. The KeLCoP is an old project in the sense that it has been there for around three or four months. Probably, there could be other projects that have not been managed in the right way but we are now keen to deal with them. Hon. Senators, if you have issues, please pay us a visit in the office. That way, we can sit down with the project coordinator and get things as they are. You can as well do a letter to me so that we answer specifically to those issues that leaders have. We operate an open-door policy where Members can come, sit down and engage. If you want to come as a team, I can organise my technical people and all those running these projects then we deal with them. Last week we met with county governments and the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) to align projects to suit the demands of our people, county governments and national Government’s agenda. Finally, I am aware and know that ASALs suffered a lot during the last drought. To specifically answer the Senator, we have taken Isiolo as the hub of the six counties within North Eastern region. We are doing the Isiolo Abattoir because that is the meat hub for that region. We mean business and found the market to support our livestock farmers in Jordan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. We have an Airport in Isiolo. We feel it will be easier to airlift meat to these new market destinations, so that there is more value for livestock keepers in that particular region. The Government is trying to work with the County Government of Isiolo to ensure that we finish that. We are also supporting building or putting up of feedlots within those areas, so that we can fatten our animals and increase the quality of meat to ensure we have prime beef and mutton for exchange. That is a demonstration of how committed the Government is."
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