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    "id": 980711,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to tell the House that Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 marginalised a big chunk of this country, namely, 80 per cent which constitutes pastoralist regions. That is why we have the Kenya Sugar Board and many other boards that deal with crop products leaving out other forms of farming, for instance, livestock farming in the pastoralist regions. We have the National Irrigation Board, the National Cereals and Produce Board, the Kenya Sisal Board, the Coffee Board of Kenya, the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, the Cotton Board of Kenya, the Kenya Sugar Authority and the Horticultural Crops Development Authority, which deal with crop products. We do not have anything to do with livestock by-products such as hide and skins. We need Animal By-products Development Authority because Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 indicated that resources of this country should be placed in high potential areas. We have been left behind because of Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965. We will not blow other people’s candles away thinking that ours will burn brighter. That is why we support this Bill and I urge all the Members to support us because, very soon, we will bring Bills to support other forms of farming other than crop farming. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am talking about pastoralist regions because when locusts invaded these regions, this House did not discuss the issue. However, when crops were touched, we even requested for the issue to be declared a national disaster because it touched on Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 which stated that these are high potential areas. It is high time this House legislates to protect all farmers. Even wheat, barley and livestock farmers need protection from this House. Some of us who come from wildlife regions do not practise crop farming because of the danger posed by wild animals. We also need protection from this House. 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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