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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for recognising my lengthy service in this House. Thank very much. I appreciate. Considering that you come from my county, I also want to wish you well. You have done well so far. We are coming to the end of this 11th Parliament and we will have another one. So, I wish you well in the next dispensation, now that we are thinking about sharing power across the country and not just in regions. This is a very important Bill. This is the National Assembly. It is not an assembly for a given area of the country. When we debate here, we have to bear in mind that dairy farming is cross- cutting. Where we come from, you know very well that if measures had been put in place, dairy farming would be doing very well. In fact, it would have really improved the livestock of our people. That is one of the things I want to focus on when you elect me on 8th August to become the Governor of Vihiga. I want to focus on dairy farming, now that we have small- scale farm holdings and the weather favours us most of the time - except this drought that has affected the whole country. Generally, we have got small farm holdings and we have streams which we can harness to do zero grazing. In fact, I want to congratulate my brother, Hon. Abdinoor Mohamed for bringing this Bill. There are a number of things we take for granted but, when they come, we see a lot of sense. The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) was not a bad idea. When KMC was formed, what was the idea that time? It was not what this Bill is trying to do. It is looking at a situation where the economy is growing. The economy has grown from the time we established KMC. It was for purposes of meat. It was just a matter of getting meat. It did not look at the diversification which this Bill addresses. The Bill addresses all aspects of livestock, dairy, beef, hides and skins which KMC was supposed to address. I see no problem with us going on with this Bill as a Member who tried to oppose it. 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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