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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The specific concerns raised and the corresponding responses by the Cabinet Secretary are as below:- The Government is fully aware that the climate change is real and the drought which used to recur every three years is now more frequent. The Livestock off-take Programme has not stopped in the Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) regions of Kenya. Over the last two years, through the Livestock Off-take Programme implemented by the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) and the Agriculture Development Corporation (ADC), a total of 28,966 livestock was purchased from the West Pokot, Baringo, Kajiado, Narok, Samburu, Marsabit, Mandera, Garissa, Wajir and Tana River counties. The State Department of Livestock has put in place appropriate policy measures and programmes to permanently address the problem of lack of pasture and fodder for livestock in ASAL areas. Among the initiatives include: Purchase and distribution of ten tonnes of assorted perennial pasture, range seeds like African fortori and the Maasai rough grass in the counties of Tana River, Kisumu, Kajiado, Narok, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo, Laikipia, Samburu, Baringo, West Pokot and Turkana under the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project supported by the World Bank(WB). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, over 385 acres of Boma Rhodes grass have been established in Turkana, Baringo, Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu and West Pokot under the Drought Resilience Programme supported by the African Development Bank (ADB). Nineteen thousand four hundred bales of hay and 750 kilograms of pasture seeds have been harvested from these sites for distribution to the communities. The programme has also built the capacity of the communities in the ASAL areas in the form of training and establishment, harvesting and conservation of these pastures The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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