Dr. Mohammed Abdi Kuti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have spoken to the hon. Member. This Question requires more investigations to be carried out. I would like to answer this Question on Tuesday, next week. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Nyatike is a cattle rearing area, having a good potential for improved livestock productivity. One of the core functions of my Ministry is to improve the productivity of livestock in the country, including Nyatike District. The following are the steps my Ministry is taking to address issues of livestock in Nyatike. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: My Ministry is currently implementing the Pan African Tse Tse and Tripanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC) in Nyatike as well as other parts of the country. These projects commenced in 2005 and the eradication exercise is a means to suppress Pan African Tse Tse and Tripanosomiasis diseases, which weaken and kill livestock. The campaign will enable farmers to increase the number of their livestock, introduce more good producing breeds and also open new land for pastures. Some areas are not accessible to livestock because of the infestation by these flies. There is a bid to rehabilitate Macalder Sheep and Goat Station ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully agree that there are various diseases other than Trypanosomiasis. Right now, the main concern is Trypanosomiasis disease which is killing not only livestock, but people. It is called sleeping sickness in human beings. The issue of budgetary constraints has always been a major issue in disease control to the effect that now we have changed the tactics from trying to make the whole country disease-free to regionalizing in what we call disease-free zones. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: We are working towards this. By the end of the Vision 2030 Programme, we hope to have five disease-free zones. One of them should be within the region of Nyanza where Nyatike District is situated. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the concern of the hon. Member, I think a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. It is 23 years now since the Ministry of Livestock has ever recruited staff. During the time that I have been in this Ministry, we have managed to negotiate with the Ministry of Finance to recruit more staff. We got Kshs150 million in this financial year to recruit about 800 staff, including extension professionals, veterinary surgeons, support staff and clerical officers. We hope that the same arrangement will be in place next year and the ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are a lot of improvement activities. We have the Kenya Livestock Breeders Organisation, which is a very effective and active organization. It participates a lot in the shows. We have the Central Artificial Insemination Centre at Kabete. Bearing in mind the budgetary challenges and other personnel issues, a lot is being done to improve, not just the Zebu, but all the gene pools that we have. We are also trying to protect them. I will bring to Parliament the National Policy on Breeding in the nation because there has been a lot of haphazard and ... view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, we have two lines of service for artificial insemination services. We have private practitioners who are very active depending on the demand in various districts in this country. We also have the national one which is managed from the Central Artificial Insemination Service Centre. I would like to sit with the hon. Member and the Central Artificial Insemination Service Centre in order to give him a definite answer, so that I do not just give an answer that may not materialize in future. view