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    "id": 64709,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/64709/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Monda",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 83,
        "legal_name": "Robert Onsare Monda",
        "slug": "robert-monda"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Kenya Veterinary Board will now have its mandate expanded under this Bill when it becomes law. Currently the Board is only able to manage the affairs of Veterinary Surgeons and does not cover the para- veterinarians. This has caused havoc in the provision of livestock health services. The diploma and certificate holders are operating in the livestock sector without being governed by the law. This Bill is intended to address that. The Board will cover all those who will be involved in the veterinary service provision. The Bill also intends to address itself to the requirements of the World Animal Health Organization (WAHO), and Kenya is a signatory to the obligations in the world market for livestock. The WAHO requires that if Kenya has to export animals and animal products, then we must be able to meet the world health standards or the International Health Standards for Animals. This Bill is going to provide for that and will open the market out there for this country. Currently, we are unable to access this market because the law does not regulate the practitioners in veterinary practice. Therefore, the world market does not accept our products or our animals. As I wind up, I want to indicate that it is through this law that our products and our animals will be absorbed into the world market and our farmers will be able to enjoy that big market. Be it milk or meat, we shall be able to access the market and sell our animals and animal products without any problems like being kept out because of low standards. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the proposed law will also open up our arid lands. We are asking the Government to remove this caveat that was put in employment of veterinarians under the SAPs, so that we are able to solve the problem of lack of veterinarians and para-professionals in arid areas, where the main activity of the inhabitants is livestock farming. We want to have more and more veterinarians in those areas. With those few remarks, I support."
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