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"speaker_name": "Mr. Munyao",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me time to contribute to this important Motion. I will start by wishing you, the Chair, a very good holiday and, by extension, all other hon. Members, especially my very good friend who is sitting directly in front of me. I will even go to his constituency during this time, because he impresses me. He is a very serious person. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need the help of this House because my Ministry is undertaking a very serious exercise of branding animals. I have held a lot of discussions with my colleagues in the neighbouring countries; Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and others. We have particular brands for each district. We are doing branding because we want to scale down cattle rustling. We want our marks August 3, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2617 to be known, so that if animals are stolen from any part of the country, we will be able to easily identity them. This is very important. We started the branding in areas prone to cattle rustling and the process is going on very well. In fact, the Director of Veterinary Services and other members of staff are in those areas. It is our commitment that we brand most of the animals in those areas to reduce incidents of cattle rustling. If animals are transported from one area to another, we do not have to brand them twice because the marks cannot be erased easily. This exercise will reduce cattle rustling. So, I urge the hon. Members to support me in this effort. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has already opened the KMC at Athi River. We will open other slaughterhouses in Mariakani, Lokichoggio, Wajir and many other places where we have livestock. Now that we are marketing our meat and meat products overseas, it is important that we keep healthy animals. I remember making an appeal on the Floor of this House that every hon. Member commits Kshs1 million out of the CDF to revive livestock farming. This is because we cannot keep healthy animals without good care. I thank the hon. Members who have already committed money towards this cause. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all we need is to have very honest CDF management committees in the different constituencies to be able to revive livestock farming. I appeal to those hon. Members who have not committed any funds towards livestock farming to do so, because we need healthy animals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, vaccination of livestock is another way of keeping them healthy. At the moment, veterinary officers are going round the country vaccinating our animals at a small fee. I appeal to Kenyans to avail their animals whenever we are in a particular area, so that they are vaccinated. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate this Government for the good things it has done. I am very happy that every hon. Member who has contributed on this Floor has appreciated this Government for not showing discrimination when it comes to national development. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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