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    "id": 947828,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947828/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I listened carefully when Major Bashir was moving the Bill. Looking at livestock, I realise he focused more on the meat side and forgot to mention something on dairy. I want to give a full definition. My friend, Mheshimiwa, who is an expert in agriculture, has talked about agriculture in terms of crops and animals. Kenya is a signatory to the Maputo Declaration which states that 10 per cent of the GDP of the country must be invested in agriculture. When you break it down, we come to the livestock side. When you talk of livestock, there are three main components. We are talking of dairy, meat and skins and hides. Those are the three critical products. Let us not get skewed when we talk about livestock. I understand my colleagues from the northern part of this country are mostly on the meat side and that is where they focus heavily on in their preparations or presentations. Currently, with the issue of the climate change, we are seeing many people moving towards dairy. For instance, in Trans-Nzoia County or the part of the Rift Valley which is known as the grain basket of this country, things have changed. Because of the poor maize prices, people are moving towards dairy. The dairy industry needs to be looked into. Currently, there is a duopoly. There are only two major players, namely, Brookside - whose owners we know - and the Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC). These two organisations bring a lot of problems to the dairy industry. How I wish we could look for a way in a liberalised manner. KCC is a parastatal. It is now 100 per cent owned by the Government. We know very well that Brookside is privately owned. These people collude. There is a conspiracy where they come together to frustrate the dairy farmers. Recently, they reduced the price of milk per kilogramme which they buy from farmers at almost Kshs23 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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