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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "I was recently on a Budget and Appropriations Committee trip for training and a seminar in Namibia. That country produces a lot of beef not just for their own local consumption, but for international export. It is amazing what Namibia, which is mostly a desert country, has done. There are many examples that we can connect and learn from. It is the same in Botswana. Botswana has gold and diamonds but next to gold and diamonds, it is the livestock industry that has helped that country to create jobs and sustain the economy in a more fair way. That is an area of huge potential for our country. Even as we look at the SDGs, our need for food security, eliminating poverty and creating jobs for all people as much as possible, we must also make sure that we are adapting and using the environment that God has given us in ways that make sense. The livestock sector is a key section and I am happy to support the Bill. I had earlier on, as a careful student of the English language, risen. I see the Member from Meru has left the House. He had claimed in his remarks, maybe, by mistake, that when livestock are moved up from the north eastern section of this country to Athi River to the slaughterhouse, the livestock 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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