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    "id": 148265,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/148265/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there was a disease outbreak which killed 400 head of cattle at a place called Aitong and Marianti in Mara Division of Narok South. (b) On 24th April, 2009, farmers in Mara Division, Narok South District, reported an outbreak and a team of technical officers from the Department of Veterinary Service went and collected samples from the affected animals. The samples were taken to Kericho Veterinary Investigation Laboratory for testing, where the disease was confirmed to be East Coast Fever. Since last year, that particular division and the whole of Narok South District, have been experiencing a severe drought and that has forced livestock farmers to move in search of pasture and water to graze their animals within the Maasai Mara National Park. In the process, the said livestock has been exposed to ticks, which transmit East Coast Fever from wild animals to livestock. (c) Immediately the disease was confirmed by the Department of Veterinary Service, the Ministry advised the livestock owners to treat their animals against East Coast Fever and to undertake tick control measures by dipping or spraying their animals with the appropriate acaricides. The Ministry has issued drugs and sent enough personnel and a zoologist to go and treat the affected animals with a particular acaricide known as Dominex."
}