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"content": "later, we formed a very progressive and transformative Government under the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta called Jubilee. What am I saying? That unless we introduce--- As we speak today, out of the 14 counties, five counties have got livestock insurance policies. Out of the 14 counties in ASAL areas, five counties are under livestock insurance. So, this Government has done 50 per cent. That is why we are saying in the Abdinoor’s Bill that we will deal with the aspect of marketing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, livestock is a serious business. That is why the prices of livestock in Kenya are very, very competitive. That is because Kenyans consume a lot of livestock products. Kenyans eat a lot of nyama choma . But we want to harmonise that and deal with this animal called Kenya Meat Commission (KMC). I want to go on record. What brought me here this morning is that this House and all the successive regimes in this country, starting with the Government of President Kibaki, and the Government of nusu-mkate between Hon. Raila Odinga and President Kibaki, and even the current Government, and the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives can attest to it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are pumping billions of shillings to the KMC, but that parastatal is behaving like Pan Paper Mills and Mumias Sugar Company. We must change the narrative and privatise KMC. We must give it to a company that can run it efficiently. The Government cannot do the business of slaughtering animals. The Government’s function should be formulation of policies to make industries competitive. I have talked to the Chairman. The KMC cannot continue to be a very deep hole in which we put Kshs1 billion every year without seeing results. Today, this country and the whole region is devastated by drought. The drought that we are facing is not peculiar to Kenya. It is even worse in Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Uganda and Rwanda. For those of us who believe in God, when we pray, the rains come. When the President prayed in Nyeri the other day, it rained. That is because we go to churches and mosques every day. Some of our colleagues do not even remember when they last went to church. That is because they do not pray to God. They believe in some witchcraft. As a country, we must pray for rain. Prayers work. Hon. Oyoo, tell your friends that prayers do miracles. If Kenyans pray, the rains will come. As I conclude, this Bill is timely. It has come at the right time. I am sure that all my colleagues who are seated in this House today support it because every one of us either keeps some beef cattle or dairy cows. The livestock sector is found in every household in this country. There is now more fishing that is taking place in Central Kenya region than even in Nyanza region. People will be shocked! There is more fishing that is being done through fishponds in Nyeri County than our friends who live near the lake and the sea. They have got a resource, but they do not want to use it. But because of the entrepreneur nature of our colleagues from the Mount Kenya region, they have finished tea growing and they are now turning to fish farming. I will tell them to start rearing cattle. Camels cannot do very well in the highlands because of the weather. So, this is a timely Bill and Oyoo and his team – my good friend – next time you have time, I also do livestock rearing. I have about 400 camels in the border between Hon. Mutambu and Hon. Wario constituencies. You can come there and, you know, I will give you some camel milk and, if you behave very well, you will get other things With those very many remarks, I beg to support."
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