Aden Bare Duale

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• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Coming back to the gist of the Question, we have a satellite laboratory at Mariakani, which covers part of Taveta ASALs. We have Lodwar Satellite Laboratory, which is part of the Eldoret regional veterinary investigation that covers part of the ASAL region of Turkana. We have Kapenguria Satellite Laboratory Station, which is part of the greater Eldoret regional laboratory. We have the Nakuru regional veterinary investigation that covers part of the Southern Rift Valley, including hon. ole Lankas’ constituency of Narok South. So, “ASAL areas” are not synonymous with northern Kenya. It is high time, now that the Proposed Constitution ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the people of Ukambani voted in the manner they did in the last referendum, but the people of northern Kenya voted “YES” because of marginalisation. On the question of what steps the Government is taking to revive the livestock infrastructure, in terms of even constructing cattle dips, as a Ministry, with the meager resources that we have, we have plans. We had a shortage of the human resource. In the last financial year, we employed both professional and low cadre staff. In this financial year, we are going to employ 200 ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the recurrence of drought and climate change have been an issue in this country, and more so to the people of northern Kenya and other ASAL regions, whose economic backbone is livestock. As I said yesterday in this House while answering a different Question, the Ministry of Livestock Development is, through a Cabinet Paper, in the process of establishing Kenya Livestock Fund, which will be used to cushion pastoralists and other livestock farmers and mitigate against recurrent drought. I also said here yesterday that even the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the World Bank funded structural adjustment programme of the 1980s, during which a lot of the services that used to be provided by the Ministry of Livestock Development then were privatised, as a Ministry, we have realised the effect of that programme to the Kenyan farmer. So, in our opinion, provision of basic extension services is the business of the Government, and that of the Ministry of Livestock Development. At the same time, the private sector is very vibrant in the livestock sector, especially in drug distribution. Major veterinary pharmaceutical companies are based in ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has asked two questions and I want to start with the last one, that is the issue of livestock insurance. When voting time comes, the people of northern Kenya will take to task the political parties and the individuals who promised them that there would be a livestock insurance fund. As a Ministry, we are preparing a Cabinet memo to the effect of establishing a livestock insurance fund. On the percentage that livestock contributes to the economy which is 12 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and whether it is commensurate ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can assure this House that both myself and Dr. Kuti, my Minister, are not marginalizing the pastoralists. Of course there is both internal and external marginalization. There is external marginalization of the livestock sector and the Pastoral Parliamentary Group which the hon. Member is a member is aware of it. However, on what we are doing to improve the livestock marketing infrastructure--- view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, external marginalization refers to when the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance underfunds the Ministry. When the Cabinet does not give priority to the Livestock Insurance Fund that is also external marginalization. That is a political issue and the Pastoral Parliamentary Group should have that as an agenda in their next meeting; that is why we have external marginalization. With regard to the poor livestock marketing infrastructure, this can be attributed to many issues. One of them is disease especially threat-related diseases like Rift Valley Fever and, Foot and Mouth disease. That ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Following hon. Affey’s point of order, if an ambassador who is supposed to represent the image of Kenya spends two hours criticizing this nation in the eyes of a law-maker, could the hon. Member name that ambassador? view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Motion both as the Member for Dujis and very remotely as an Assistant Minister. I want to thank Mr. Chachu for bringing this Motion which is very timely. It is asking us to introduce policy and legislation in order to provide standards in controlling emission and air pollution. I want to say very categorically that, in my opinion, clean air is a public good. It is a public good that no other resource exhibits the same level of being public. Why do I say so? If I compare air with other ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: 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 ... view