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    "id": 945830,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/945830/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have looked at this Act as a lawyer and having served in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and now in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, I understand the real problem in Kenya. If we compare ourselves with Botswana and now Somalia, you will realise that our problem cannot be resolved by an Act of Parliament. I want to take note of the fact that there was Legal Notice No.7720 of 2016 where the President came up with a marketing strategy for beef in Kenya, bearing in mind that 80 per cent of Kenyan land is arid. Therefore, beef farming and cattle keeping is a major source of income in this country although it has not been exploited well mainly because of corruption. I agree with farmers that this is a good law but we must make serious amendments at the Third Reading stage to make it effective so that we can be at the level that Botswana is. We have a problem with the way we manage our animals because foreign markets such as the European Market have conditions such as meat handling and inspection by veterinary 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."
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