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    "id": 381564,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Muriuki Ngare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, for giving me a chance to say one or two words regarding this very important Motion. Let me start from the outset by saying that I strongly support this Motion. I am not so sure, listening to the Mover of the Motion, how we will go about as a country tackling some of the challenges he raised with regard to the focus of the areas; the arid and semi-arid areas which are also referred to as the pastoralist areas. We could talk about disease free zones and we need to say whether we should take over all the animals or the few that are taken to the slaughterhouses like the KMC, among other places, so that they are kept disease-free. We should also see whether we are talking about all the livestock as it used to be apparently during the colonial days. The colonialists used to make sure that disease control through the veterinary department was taken very seriously in the areas they were focusing on. The Mover also mentioned a situation where animals were brought from the pastoralist areas and taken to a central place called the KMC. I am not sure whether it is still operational. Very many animals used to die. This is a challenge to the Senate. Looking at this Motion, we need to check whether the problem was the diseases or the drought situation that forced the people there to bring animals in big numbers. The animals would get there so weak that when exposed to any change of situation that would cause them to die. I think there are quite a number of other challenges, over and above, the disease control itself. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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