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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Motion and also thank the Mover, hon. Bett, for bringing it. When you look at Kenya, 70 per cent of the land mass is occupied by pastoralists. The mainstay of pastoralists is livestock keeping. They produce a lot of milk and beef. For a very long time this subsector has been given a raw deal by the Government. I hope that the Jubilee administration will look into livestock farming, if it is, indeed, serious that it wants to improve the economy of this country. This will enable us produce a lot of milk and beef. If the Government is serious, it should look for markets close home. Take the example of the Middle East. We could have a big market there for our milk. I think hon. Bett had this in mind when he said that the Government should intervene and help rural farmers to produce enough milk and look for markets. The Government could target the Middle East market. With the production of a lot of milk, we will be able to sell more of it at an affordable price. Five years ago I initiated a milk project in my constituency using the CDF money. Rural women in my constituency were very poor, but when I initiated this project, now these ladies have what they call “Kajiado Central Milk Co-operative”. This is an organization led by the Kajiado Central women. These ladies are able to sell 2,000 litres a day at Kshs20 a litre. We forced New KCC to give us more money per litre and now these ladies are producing about 20,000 litres per month. They are now very rich women. If only the Government could intervene as a regulator, rein in the big sharks and let them pay more, things will be good. I Iike the words of the hon. Member that the Government should intervene, so that rural farmers are paid a little bit more than Kshs27. I want to urge this House and the Jubilee Government that we should look for a milk market within the region. The pastoralists have been given a raw deal for a very long time. If each county government sets up a milk headquarters I am sure farmers will produce a lot of milk and even decide the price for their milk. The only thing we need to do as a Government is to regulate the market. The Government should give the amount of money that is needed. If we are selling what--- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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