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    "id": 93956,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/93956/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has asked two questions and I want to start with the last one, that is the issue of livestock insurance. When voting time comes, the people of northern Kenya will take to task the political parties and the individuals who promised them that there would be a livestock insurance fund. As a Ministry, we are preparing a Cabinet memo to the effect of establishing a livestock insurance fund. On the percentage that livestock contributes to the economy which is 12 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and whether it is commensurate to what we get, I would like to say without fear or favour that it is not the case. The livestock sector has been marginalized by the previous governments but this Government is better than the previous ones. If you look at the last Budget; the Economic Stimulus Package read by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for the ASAL regions, you will find that a number of projects including satellite abattoirs will be constructed in the ASAL areas. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has also set aside money to recruit more veterinary surgeons and animal health technicians. I am sure that under the new flagship project of disease-free zone and the establishment of satellite export abattoirs in Garissa and Isiolo together with the new Constitution that will give the various counties in ASAL regions the anticipated Kshs3 billion, there is light at the end of the tunnel and the people of northern Kenya have all the reasons to smile."
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