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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, livestock contributes about 12 per cent of the country’s GDP as I said before, and also contributes 40 to 42 per cent of the total agricultural GDP; thus, it is a very important sub-sector in this country. The ASAL areas in particular depend on this sub-sector. In fact, their economic backbone is livestock. These ASAL areas comprise 80 per cent of the country’s land mass. This 80 per cent of the land mass of this country holds 75 per cent of the livestock population we are talking about. Within the ASAL areas of Kenya, the livestock sub-sector contributes 90 per cent of employment opportunities. It also accounts for nearly 95 per cent of the family incomes in the ASAL areas. Therefore, livelihoods for millions of people in the ASAL areas depend on livestock. Hon. Deputy Speaker, however, the livestock sub-sector faces numerous challenges, which need mitigation, so that those millions of Kenyans are assisted. The sub-sector suffers inadequate Government support, save for what I call firefighting in the name of off-take when a catastrophe like drought strikes. It also faces inadequate"
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