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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muriithi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Industrialization",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ndiritu Muriithi",
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    "content": "On leather, many Members have spoken about the question of comparing ourselves to Botswana. Botswana has much smaller herd size than us, yet, the productive value coming out of that herd size outweighs what we get. We must look at ways and means of improving the quality of leather. If we compare ourselves to countries such as Ethiopia the quality of our leather is impaired by variety of things; by husbandry and the way the hiding is done. So, we must go back to training people who work in arbottaires on how to properly hide. But also those who are handling raw hide on how to properly handle these hides. We must also look at how we bring back some of the value to the farmer. If you go to Isiolo, Maralal or Rumuruti, a hide is probably sold at Kshs100 yet the full value when the hides is tanned to 14 pairs of shoes is in the order of Kshs30,000 to Kshs40,000. So, the value does not go to the producer of these raw materials. We must look for ways of taking back value to the farmer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of disease-free zones has been spoken about. The Minister has, in fact, indicated what they will do. I think we should urge them to move with dispatch. The reason we are not able to export, say, livestock from Laikipia is the lack of disease-free certification. I had an opportunity to visit a farm in Kilifi that uses animal waste to generate nearly a megawatt of power. In thinking about green energy and so on, the Ministry must also look at how we can support not only dairy farmers, but also in rangeland areas see how we can use this resource to provide green energy. In conclusion, one of the contributors raised the issue of looking beyond livestock. He talked about rearing, for example, chicken. In this area, there is a real question about the cost of production. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion."
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