Raphael Lakalei Letimalo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to thank Hon. Abdinoor for coming up with this Bill. It goes without saying that the livestock sector has been neglected by the successive governing regimes despite the fact that, it contributes to 24 per cent of this country’s GDP, an equivalent of Kshs42 billion annually. I want to demonstrate how the Government has neglected the livestock sector. We have the KMC. I wish my brother, Hon. Oyoo, was around to listen to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: the concerns of pastoralists. The KMC is an old institution that buys and slaughters livestock for commercial purposes. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. Together with my Chairman and Hon. Wanyonyi, we visited KMC. Due to lack of maintenance, KMC is going down. The machines are obsolete. Workers go for several months without payment because of the low income generated from that facility. It is only surviving because of the funds injected during President Kibaki’s regime. It would have closed down. There is also negligence from the Government. During this financial year, Parliament allocated Kshs500 ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I will refer to the second paragraph of the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons. It says: “---the establishment of Livestock and Livestock Products Development and Marketing Board…” view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: So, we must be able to differentiate between the marketing board and KMC, whose purpose is just to buy and slaughter animals for commercial purposes. But the board is there to regulate the livestock industry. I just want to comment on the functions of the board. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Clause 5(a) says that the function of the board is to regulate the livestock and livestock products development and marketing industry. It is known that the crop development sector is regulated by the Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Act. So, the Livestock and Livestock Products Development and Marketing Board is going to be an equivalent of the AFFA Act to regulate the livestock industry. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Clause 5 (b) says: “collaborate with the ministry for the time being responsible for trade to promote the trade of livestock and livestock products through trade agreements.” view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The key words there are “to promote trade of livestock and livestock products.” Just as it has been mentioned, KMC used to be a very vibrant institution. It can be compared with the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC). Actually, the information I have is that they just removed the letter “K” and replaced it with “B” to become BMC. This means that all the information was actually acquired from KMC and because of good management, it is now doing quite well. We are told that Botswana is selling meat and other livestock products even to the European Union (EU). We expect ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Clause 5 (f) says: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: “prepare and maintain an updated national livestock development and marketing plan for the country and coordinate implementation of the activities identified in the plan.” view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Due to the effects of climate change, we are now experiencing droughts every year, unlike before. Those of us who are in the livestock industry know the nature of animal behaviour generally. Once there is scarcity of water and pasture, livestock will deteriorate. It is for the same reason that every time there is drought, livestock keepers will go to the Government for it to allocate funds to undertake livestock offtake programmes like what is happening now. That is because that is the only livelihood of the people. However, if we have coordination, then, certainly, livestock keepers will be informed. ... view