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    "id": 150809,
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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",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
    },
    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) The ranches in Taita District basically fall within two jurisdictions, either under group ownership or individual private sector ownership. Although those are private properties, my Ministry is aware of the challenges of over-stocking that those ranches face. The issue of over-stocking comes when private ranch owners enter into a mutual private lease agreements with the cattle owners in other parts of the country to graze in their respective ranches. From the available information at the Ministry, cattle owners from other parts of the country agree with ranch owners to use their land, thus leading to over-stocking in the ranches. The situation is further aggravated by the drought that has ravaged many parts of the sub-region. In a bid to arrest the situation, my Ministry has been offering the following services to ranch owners: - (1) Technical advice on the need to maintain a recommended stocking rates within the ranches. (2) We facilitate, through our technical department, proper planning by preparation of Ranch Management Specific Action Plans in order to guide the ranch managers and ensure sustainable and economic use of resources without causing overstocking, land degradation and desertification. (3) Advise on proper grazing management where ranches, for example, are advises to establish watering points in strategic parts of the ranches to enhance even distribution of livestock to avoid over concentration in some areas. (b) My Ministry endeavours to control livestock movement in the country. We do this in order to control diseases, cattle rustling and potential conflicts over pasture and water. In this respect, the Ministry issues No-objection Permits from the receiving districts and Movement Permits from the place of origin. This is meant to control and regulate livestock movement in this country."
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