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    "id": 380323,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/380323/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kittony",
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        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me time to contribute to this very lively Motion moved by our beautiful pastoralist girl, Sen. Lesuuda. Indeed what she has said here is true. Some of us come from those parts of the world where our meat is the best; it is second to none. We have a brand in Baringo called Koriema Goat; and even before you cook it, you have started salivating. So, I invite you to that part of the world. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the livestock industry in this country has really not got what it is supposed to get. I remember being in Botswana many years back; they get their export income from exporting their meat, and it is not a better country than ours. Kenya is able to do that and, in fact, we were exporting our meat when Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) was KMC. But, now, it is limping because of corruption. This is a wakeup call that Sen. Lesuuda has given to this Ministry. I think it is time that this country woke up to the reality and realized that the livestock industry is noble; it needs to be nurtured and protected. As I stand here, I am a farmer and I do not want to sell my cow cheaply like that. I would like to get the quality of what it is that my cow is worth. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion because it deals with the counties. I can see that the counties are really going to work – and I am happy that my colleague neighbours from Bungoma are here with us, and I acknowledge you. We have the best livestock in Kenya. Every county should have an abattoir to offer opportunities for our young people, who are loitering on the streets and doing nothing, to be employed. So, it is not an issue that abattoirs should find a place to be put; but every county should have an abattoir because we have enough cows and goats. I believe that on the 19th of December, there will be a big auction in Baringo because they have a lot of goats and they do not know what to do with them. So, I know that the annual auction is being revived because the goats are more than they can take and they do not get the money that these goats are worth. When Sen. Lesuuda yesterday talked about the skin, hooves and what-have-you, the debate was very lively and we should have taken a vote. But because the Motion spilled overnight to today, the heat of the debate is cooling down. When you talk of the hooves, it has value; when you talk of the skin, it has value. But the skins are being thrown away because nobody has captured that. So, if it goes to the county level, I believe this country will be richer than what it is now. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank this beautiful girl from Samburu for moving this Motion and waking the Ministry of Livestock up. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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