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    "content": "setting in of disease. If the poor farmer has no money to pay a veterinary officer and have his livestock treated, then the disease spreads. I am giving this just to show the genesis of the failure in this important industry. All this happened as we watched. In fact, I can say, without fear, that during the colonial period, the livestock industry was taken very seriously. If we moved on with the same pace, Kenya would be very far. For example, look at a tiny country like Botswana. Botswana is the leading beef exporter in the world. They thrive in that industry and yet, it is so small compared to Kenya. However, if Kenya wanted, it would surpass Botswana many times and make this country the number one exporter in livestock products. I want to say that we have neglected this industry unlike other industries as Engineer, the Senator for Marsabit, has stated. We have the KTDA, CBK and even the PBK which produces nothing. However, we fail to appreciate the importance of the livestock industry which, if developed, this country would go very far in economic development. I want to congratulate Professor for bringing this Motion. Yesterday, we passed the Motion on Irrigation; irrigating arid areas which have hitherto been taken to be useless in the country. We raised the issue of infrastructure which is skewed towards areas that are construed to mean that they have more economic potential than others. We should take each area the way it is; north eastern and eastern Kenya. Kitui County falls under the arid areas and should qualify for the one million acres for irrigation and the livestock development projects we are talking about. All the arid areas should be considered in terms of the potential that they have. If an area is arid, it should not be neglected. However, it should be developed in terms of livestock, minerals and everything else that comes around."
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