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    "content": "When you hear of the Ministry of Agriculture and livestock, most people think about dairy farmers, fish keeping and poultry farming. The pastoralists do not benefit from the livestock industry. The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) was created to help the livestock industry and pastoralists, but the only time we hear about it is during the livestock uptake programme that my sister has just talked about. That uptake is done when the animals are in such a bad shape that they cannot fetch good prices in the market. You could sell a cow for Kshs2,000. How does that help the local communities or the pastoralists who have looked after these animals for long? So, these issues should be looked into and Ministries created to help the pastoralists. Also, positions should be given to people who understand what pastoralism is about. They need to know how these people have been suffering and what needs to be done. The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) tried before but right now, it is more of a shell. It just gets little funds from some donors; the Government does not inject money into it. I would urge the Ministry concerned, I do not know if it is the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government--- Sometimes we are told that everything goes under that Ministry because the Government is there, but they are not responsive. The Ministry is so broad that they do not know what is happening. The NDMA should be taken to the relevant Ministries where it will be useful and things can be done. It can even be under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock or Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Why have the regulations not been implemented yet the Act is in place? Once the Committees are constituted, the Committee concerned with the NDMA should follow up the money that was mentioned and make sure that the Act that passed in the last Parliament is functional and things are done to the best interest of the communities concerned. Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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