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    "id": 1093470,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion. I want to thank the Senate generally for the good work we have done. Looking at the constitutional arrangement in so far as the legislature is concerned I think we have done a very good job. Even when we had conflict, the other arms of Government particularly the Judiciary have ruled in our favour. That means that in the spirit of constitutionalism we try to resolved our differences within the terms of the Constitution at all times and I think this is what should be encouraged. I hope that in this one year that is left when we come back from the recess we will be able to continue to do the good work for the republic. Secondly, I want to talk about an issue concerning Siaya County, the lake and not just in Siaya County but in the three counties of Kisumu County, Siaya County and Homa Bay County. The fishermen that earn a living by fishing in the lake undergo tremendous difficulties of constant harassment and arrest and detention by people who allege that they are security forces from Uganda. There has been an effort by the Government to try and put patrol boats in the lake but this has not been effective. Sometimes you wonder about the Ugandan authorities or those who are alleged to act on behalf of the Ugandan authorities, for their men and women working in the security forces to travel as far as Mageta Island and go as far as all the islands in Homa Bay County. It takes hours. Most of the islands in the lake are 30 minutes or one hour away from most of the shores in our counties but this island is about eight to 12 hours away from Uganda yet there is more presence of Ugandan security forces. The Ugandan security forces constantly harass fishermen from our side of the lake. This matter should be resolved in the spirit of East African unity because blue economy is an important economic component of the region. The economy of the region is affected fundamentally when fishermen are not allowed to undertake their daily fishing trips into the lake. Most fish processing companies, who were previously operating from Kenya, moved to Tanzania and Uganda because we do not give enough incentives and protection to the fishermen in the Kenyan part of the lake."
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