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    "id": 227387,
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    "speaker_name": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development",
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    "content": "(Mr. ole Ntutu) Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that there is a high risk of an outbreak of tick-borne and other livestock diseases in Nandi District because the acaracides (Amytraces) being used in Nandi District are still very effective against ticks found in the district. It is not true to say that the class of acaracide is ineffective in this district because ticks collected by acaracide resistant analysis from the field indicate that the ticks are killed when the animals are treated with the correct dose and the weekly treatment intervals are strictly followed. Investigations on the ground indicate that the farmers having problems with ticks are those who use the acaracide incorrectly. They either use the wrong dose, use too little of the spray wash or do not treat the animals once every week as required. Farmers who follow the right procedure have no problem with ticks. The other vectors of importance like tsetse flies, which transmit trypanosomiasis, are not common in Nandi. (b) I am aware that farmers in Uasin Gishu have been allowed to change from Amytrace and are now using Synthetic Parathyroid because when the ticks from Uasin Gishu were tested they were found to be resistant to Amytrace-base acaracides. Acaracides are only changed when scientific tests performed on ticks indicate that the ticks have indeed developed resistance to such acaracides and not for problems arising as a result of their mismanagement by farmers; by not following the right instructions on how to use them. Any acaracide including the synthetic acaracide, when used improperly, will always not work and hence change is not the solution to the problem in Nandi; but proper use of the acaracide by the few farmers who are complaining. (c) At the moment, I cannot allow farmers in Nandi to change to synthetic parathyroids because there is no looming outbreak of any livestock disease in Nandi at the moment and because the ticks in Nandi can still be killed by the Amytrace when they are properly used."
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