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    "id": 195857,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "in my vernacular. It has a French name known as \"PPR\". This disease is affecting the larger Turkana District, West Pokot, East Pokot, Southern Sudan, North West Uganda and Southern Ethiopia. In the special circumstance of the pastoralist districts, and particularly the three districts of 668 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 24, 2008 Turkana, we have about three million shoats being affected. For a society that relies purely on livestock, and livestock products, their survival is threatened by this particular disease. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would expect that the Minister, in his response, would address himself to the following issues: The number of the animals affected, the amount of vaccines required, their cost and their immediate availability and whether the country has enough capacity to produce the vaccines in sufficient quantities in a timely fashion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also demand from the Minister the kind of resources that have been allocated to this particular exercise by the Government and friendly-donors. I expect the Minister to tell this House what urgent steps are being taken to compensate pastoralists who have already lost their livestock through this disease. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am requesting my second Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security---"
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