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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abdinoor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdi Noor Mohammed Ali",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also like to welcome them to the august House. The livestock sector is dominated by small-scale farmers, and 90 per cent of the population in this country depend on the livestock sector for their livelihoods. Despite the dependency on the livestock sector, 70 per cent of the poverty levels in this country are in ASAL areas. This is due to poor policies implemented by the colonial regime and later, by the independence regime. The Government of Kenya prepared Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 that favoured the high potential areas to the detriment of the low potential areas which are mainly inhabited by pastoral communities. Over the years, those areas have remained with the lowest levels of education and development rating in Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the livestock sector has three sub-sectors, namely; dairy, skin/hides and meat. The successive regimes of this country invested heavily in the dairy industry. We have the Kenya Dairy Act, which only stipulates production, utilisation and marketing of milk. The meat industry that 80 per cent of the pastoralists depend on has been neglected. No one has 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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