input: Write a python function to count the occurrences of each item in a list of strings.
  assert count_list_items(["apple", "banana", "orange", "apple", "kiwi"]) == {"apple": 2, "banana": 1, "orange": 1, "kiwi": 1}
  assert count_list_items(["cat", "dog", "cat", "bird", "dog", "dog"]) == {"cat": 2, "dog": 3, "bird": 1}
  assert count_list_items([]) == {}
output: def count_list_items(lst):
      count_dict = {}
      for item in lst:
          if item in count_dict:
              count_dict[item] += 1
          else:
              count_dict[item] = 1
      return count_dict