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    "id": 1121712,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121712/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Florence Mutua",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 539,
        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives regarding detainment of a consignment of fish on transit by Ugandan authorities on 2nd and 3rd October, 2021. The Busia-Kenya Cross-Border Fish Market Management Unit is a fish market infrastructure comprising of more than 2,000 small holder traders who source for fish from Lake Turkana, sell to local markets and export the surplus to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On the 2nd and 3rd October, 2021, at the Mpondwe Border Point along the Ugandan-DRC border, four trucks loaded with salt fish valued at Kshs.4 million on transit to the DRC were intercepted and detained by authorities. The consignment was later taken to Entebbe Uganda despite complying with all cross-border trade and customs requirements. Additionally, the consignment – although intercepted by Ugandan authorities – was not meant for the Ugandan market, but for the DRC. It is against this background that I seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives on the following: (i) What steps is the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development taking to ensure that the Busia-Kenya Cross-Border Fish Market Management Unit consignment is secured and released without delay to avert further loses? (ii) Could the Ministry consider compensating the traders for the loss of revenue? (iii) Considering that this is not the first incident involving fish detainment, could the Ministry urgently engage with our Ugandan counterparts to avert such incidences in future? Thank you."
}