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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kuti",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Ethuro has asked when the money will be coming. I would like to say that the request has been placed and we are hoping to receive the initial Kshs200 million soon. I will report back to the House as soon that happens. But we have placed the request for the full amount. On the issue of KEVEVAPI, you are aware that some Ministries were split. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Livestock Production and Fisheries were split in 2003. A Presidential Circular No.1 of that time put KEVEVAPI and several other livestock-related institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture. I would like to say that we are trying our best to ensure that, while Circular No.1 of 2008 still places KEVEVAPI under the Ministry of Agriculture, I have booked an appointment with the Minister and I hope that we will regularise that and several other small departments that fall under the Ministry. I will report back to the House when that happens. I do not anticipate any problem because that is clearly a veterinary vaccine production institute. It has no agricultural component to it. I hope it will revert to the Director of Veterinary Services. Should there be any problem, I will report back to hon. Members. With regard to the issue of what I should do to parents who are taking their children back to school, we do not have a contingency fund. We have no policy in place for compensation and until that policy is in place, I just hope that other departments of the Government will help. There are other bursaries. The Constituencies Development Fund has a bursary component. The Government has provided for that. There are district bursaries that are provided by the Ministry of Education. I hope those other channels will assist. But, as of now, the Ministry of Livestock Development does not have such a programme to support the children who are going back to school. On plans to recruit veterinary personnel, we have a staff establishment of over 14,000. But, right now, we have 7,000. The extension services which are very crucial for assisting livestock farmers and ensuring the quality of cattle dips - the ratio of dawas in the dips and all other extension services - have collapsed because they were privatised some time back. My plan is to negotiate back all those to be under the Ministry. We have seen that the privatisation, which happened some time back, does not work. I think it is high that we re-organised those services so that, the quality of our animal husbandry improves. That way, we will be able to market healthy animals and access markets outside the country. Thank you."
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