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    "content": "who had been marginalized by former regimes and were landlocked to clear one another. They got their independence in 2003. When it comes to the cattle, I did not hear them capture the issue of laboratories for animals. The other day, there was an EPR disease in Turkana which neighbours my constituency. They will have to travel maybe, up to Kitale to get medical care. Between Marakwet and Pokot in Tot area, we got the Rift Valley Fever. They have to bring the specimens up to Eldoret or Nakuru. Why can we not have laboratories in those areas? Since our land cannot support agricultural activities, it supports livestock; then we should have the laboratories there to ensure that those people also do not lose their animals overnight when there is a disease. Another issue is abattoirs. Why must the animals be brought all the way to KMC in Athi River? I am sure if we got good nutritionists, they would be able to tell us that an animal that has been transported so far will be suffering from stress by the time you are slaughtering it. So, the meat we eat has got a lot of adrenaline from the animal. Why can we not have abattoirs very close to these areas? If I feel that today my cow has been stolen, I will run immediately to the abattoir and wait for the animal that is being brought there to be slaughtered. These are things that have to be done affirmatively by the Central Government and should not be left to the county governments because these mistakes were done when we were still a unicameral Parliament. As we become bicameral and devolve everything to the counties, these counties will be trying to make ends meet on so many other areas because they were left behind. These are things which, if captured, should be something that the Central Government should address to help the devolved governments to be at par with other areas. With those few remarks, I support."
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