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    "id": 930478,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930478/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "We need to know where the rain started beating us and where we went wrong, as far as the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 is concerned. Our livestock is being treated as demons when they approach farms. Our livestock is being shot anyhow because according to Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965, those livestock are worthless, they are not high potential. That is why they can be auctioned in Tanzania and our country cannot even react because they were not considered high potential. What we consider as high potential is the 20 per cent of the landmass of Kenya that produces Sukuma Wiki, cabbages and tea. If we opened up these areas, we would not be having the problem of drought because there are countries that are in more arid areas than Kenya. There are countries which are in deserts such as Libya, but because their underground resources or whatever they have is considered as high potential, they have opened up those countries and are not borrowing money to sustain themselves. Our people are tired of being supplicants, always seeking favours from the Government. They are tired of always depending on relief food and this House to form a fund to assist them. We have enough resources to cater for our people. So, it is high time this House reversed that Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 and instead livestock is considered as high potential in this country. Taxes of this country should be directed to ASAL areas so that we can open them up. It is high time this House recognised oil in Turkana, wind power in Marsabit, tourism in Maasai Mara, Amboseli and Kajiado as high potential and directs 80 per cent of all taxes that we collect in this country to open up those areas. If we do that, we will have opened up 80 per cent of our country and we may be like Libya and other countries in the desert that are self-sufficient and can feed their people. Thank you, very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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