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    "id": 248549,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/248549/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munyao",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I like it when you call me Mr. Munyao. I was just waiting for you to call me that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. My Minister is currently implementing several key interventions aimed at supporting the development of beef industry in the Nyika Plateau. Those interventions include:- (i) Through the on-going Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) based Livestock and Livelihood Support Project supported by the African Development Bank (ADB), we intend to provide technical advice and training to ranch managers and management committees and rehabilitate the infrastructure for extension services for livestock production. The project will also improve skills of livestock personnel to assist in ranch management and preparation of appropriate ranch plans. May 31, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1029 (ii) My Ministry will ensure an enabling environment for ranch owners to access credit facilities from the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) and other financial institutions. (iii) On a wider scale, the Ministry has created incentives to livestock producers by re- opening the Kenya Meat Commission to help livestock farmers to access markets for livestock products within the region and Middle East. It is also strengthening animal disease control measures, including the establishment of livestock disease free zones. (iv) Finally, my Ministry is in the process of securing title deeds for holding grounds. Together with the Ministry of Lands, we are working out a plan for the improvement of land tenure system in the Nyika Plateau region with a view of improving commercial beef rearing."
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