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    "id": 94536,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/94536/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The potential contribution of the livestock sub-sector to the GDP cannot accurately be determined because the structure of the economy is bound to change as the country develops. However, taking the current structure of the economy into account, the potential contribution of the livestock sector to Kenya’s GDP is about 20 per cent, while the actual contribution presently is 12 per cent. In the agricultural GDP, the livestock sector contributes about 47 per cent while, at the same time, supplying the domestic requirements of meat, milk and dairy products among other livestock products that account for 30 per cent of the total marketed agricultural produce. However, there are challenges which are being addressed by the Government and other players that hinder the sector from realizing its full potential. These include disease, climate change, insecurity in livestock producing areas, low levels of investments or under-funding both from the Government and the development partners, low adoption of appropriate technologies among many other factors. (b) To harness the livestock sector in the ASAL areas, the Government has taken the following measures:- (i) Collaboration with other stakeholders and other development partners in projects and programmes which offer important livestock extension services like training of farmers on livestock improvement, water and pasture development. (ii) Resources have been channeled for research into suitable livestock breeding programmes and the development of the rangeland in an effort to increase productivity through innovation. (iii) Further, the Government has developed a livestock marketing infrastructure that supports marketing of livestock and livestock products from the ASAL areas to the national and international markets. (iv) My Ministry is currently rolling out a Disease Free Zoning Programme under the Vision 2030 that is expected to create two zones, mainly in the Coast and the Laikipia-Isiolo Complex. Those Disease Free Zones Programmes are also proposed in our Vision 2030 plan and are expected to ensure both sanitary and physiosanitary competitiveness of our livestock and livestock products, both locally and internationally. (c) Finally, the current allocation of the Government budget to the livestock sector is slightly below 2 per cent with a recurrent budget at 0.6 per cent and the development budget at 1.3 per cent, totaling to 1.9 per cent."
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