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    "id": 720346,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/720346/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Botswana is a vast county. It is drier than Kenya and they have few animals compared to what we have here. However, they have managed that industry to the extent that they sell beef and other products to many parts of this world, including Britain. I was in Botswana last year. We were told that we cannot sell our meat there because our standards are poor. We were told that our abattoirs have not been vetted by the British consumers. Why do we not get this board to sit down and make sure that we get to those standards in Botswana? I was made to understand that the people from Botswana came here to see our abattoir at Athi River. They took the same design and plant and went to did theirs. Ours is just there, very under-utilized, without proper management, without proper documentation of how many animals they slaughter. But when you go to the one which was done by the people from Botswana, it is ever, ever busy industry, and is slaughtering animals every day. We should focus and harness anything which will bring to this country some income. And, as I said, the livestock industry is one of the best. We can make use of it. We cannot neglect almost half of Kenya. We cannot neglect that population in the northern 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."
}