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"content": "earnestly so because without making use of those areas, what else will be done there? So, it is a matter of opportunity cost that there is nothing else and very little else can take place here. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that during the earlier days, we reckon and we salute someone called Muindi Mbingu. Many of you might not know that he did a lot of work to come up with how to make use of this resource. He travelled all the way from Machakos to come to Nairobi to convince the then Governor that Athi River, which was to be constructed, was mainly going to be constructed for the whites only, leaving the poor Africans. The poor Africans were accused of over-stocking the Iveti Hills and that they were using force to re-stock. So, a lot of other things have been said here and done in this country to discriminate those settlers and residents living in those areas. To me, what there is, is that the Government--- Not even the Government but the counties – the way the Motion states; and that is a very good spirit – should put up modern abattoirs because without that, the transport of these animals to the market regions like Nairobi, Mombasa, Nyeri, Kisumu, Eldoret and Kitale may be hindered by the kind of transport which is already there. You will find that it is very, very difficult even for animals to be moved on hoof to the market centres and, as a result, many of them die. Mr. Deputy Speaker, you will also find that cattle rustling in those livestock regions comes as a result of some influential rich men who would like to introduce cattle rustling so that by the end of the day, whatever livestock that they capture, of course, will be taken to the abattoirs for slaughter. So, if those abattoirs could be constructed in the said regions, it would be possible to transport refrigerated meat to the markets, and we have heard that, that is what is happening in Nigeria, Botswana and also in Swaziland. So, I do not see the reason why Kenya cannot construct similar abattoirs in the livestock rich areas so that we can transport the meat to the market and then avoid the transport cost involved in moving live animals; so that we could also avoid cattle rustling and spread of diseases from one region to another. We reckon that there was the Lenana Agreement which had to put the Maasai Reserve to the north and the other one to the south, and then we had the railway constructed up to Nanyuki. The purpose of that was to make sure that the animals, particularly to the north, were not supposed to mix with the whites only livestock to the south. That delimited the tribes living to the north of the reserve to areas which were infested with diseases, poor infrastructure and so many other problems. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, this Motion, therefore, seeks to restore the dignity of the tribes and residents living in those areas so that they can eke their living from the only economy that they have, and that is livestock. So, let us encourage this to go on and I am sure the residents of this region will be happy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I beg to support."
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