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    "id": 945775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/945775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support the Livestock and Livestock Products Marketing Board Bill. I want to thank Hon. Bashir Abdullaih for this very important Bill that will support the livestock sector in this country. An attempt was made to pass this Bill during the 11th Parliament, but it did not go through the whole cycle of a Bill to be an Act of Parliament. So, it has been revived in the current Parliament. I want to thank Hon. Abdullaih for this effort. This Bill will streamline the marketing of livestock and livestock products in our country. As it is, very little is being done in terms marketing of livestock products and livestock in our country. The little that is being done is done in a disjointed way. So much duplication goes on and there is little harmony in terms of promoting livestock marketing in Kenya. Livestock marketing is not decentralised. As a result, there is unnecessary competition amongst various agencies supporting the sector. This Bill will cure this problem. For the first time, this Bill will establish a Livestock and Livestock Products Marketing and Promotion Board. The board will have many functions and will try to address the problems in the sector. Among its functions, the board will regulate the marketing of livestock and livestock products and collaborate with all the stakeholders to ensure that livestock is well marketed and promoted locally and internationally. The board will coordinate with other stakeholders and partners. It will be involved in resource mobilisation locally and internationally to promote the sector and ensure good investment is done. It will support development of livestock marketing infrastructure such as abattoirs and other promotion-based activities that will support the sector. It will also promote livestock insurance. This is important. Our livestock die, as they did during the drought that ended a few days ago with the onset of rains. Since our livestock are not covered by any insurance policy, we incur losses in billions of shillings. Once such a cover is regulated by a State corporation, it will cushion our livestock farmers from the vagaries of drought. As disjointed as it is, the livestock sector is important in Kenya. With hardly any support from the State, it still contributes significantly to our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It supports millions of Kenyans living in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of this country. The sector has been marginalised by the Government of Kenya. Products of other sectors of the economy are supported by the State. For example, tea, coffee, pyrethrum and dairy farming are regulated through State corporations like the Dairy Board of Kenya, the Coffee Board of Kenya, among The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}