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    "id": 31150,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there is an outbreak of Anthrax in Miringa-iri area within Kerugoya Municipality in Kirinyaga Central District. As a control measure, my Ministry imposed a quarantine notice in the area on 4th August, 2011 to prevent further spread of the disease. (b) I am also aware that 11 pigs belonging to Mr. Munyagia Mbugi have been reported dead in the past few days, and their deaths have been attributed to the outbreak of Anthrax in that area. (c) When my Ministry received a report of the dying pigs in Mr. Mbugi’s farm in Miringa-iri area, the District Veterinary Officer quickly moved to the farm, carried out a preliminary investigation and carried the dead pigs to our Veterinary Investigation Laboratory in Karatina where, after intensive analysis, it was confirmed that the pigs had died of Anthrax. My technical staff in the affected areas have sensitized the community not to consume un-inspected meat and to exercise extra care when handling infected pigs or carcasses. That is because Anthrax is contagious and is communicable from livestock to human beings. The veterinary officers have treated all the in-contact pigs in that area, and have also issued vaccines to carry out a ring vaccination of animals in the surrounding farms to safeguard against further infection of animals in that area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, recently, my Ministry carried out a vaccination exercise in the Kirinyaga Central District where livestock were also vaccinated against the following diseases: About 3,775 head of cattle were vaccinated against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). A total of 562 cats and dogs were vaccinated against rabies. As a control measure, the Ministry of Livestock Development has, up to date, vaccinated 1,188,317 animals against Anthrax in the whole country. Finally, my Ministry is carrying out ring vaccination in Kirinyaga Central Distrct and, so far, over 300 pigs and 650 cattle have been vaccinated against the said disease. Thank you."
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