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    "id": 1165940,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165940/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a lot of illicit trade that is going on and many other countries taking advantage of the laxity in our territorial waters. We directed that the relevant authorities who deal with these maritime issues including the Coast Guard and, we even suggested that the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to assist in investigating and bringing us a report because we are not done with this matter. In fact, immediately after we finished we got several calls from many of these people who I would assume are cartels in that industry. I want to inform Sen. Faki that we are awaiting that report from the Coast Guard and the relevant investigative authorities. It is directly affecting the incomes of the people, not just from Mombasa City County but all Kenyans. Under Chapter 5 of our Constitution, that resource belongs to the entire country. There is a lot of fishy business - no pun intended - that is happening at the coast and it needs to be brought to light. We will be very happy to bring that report but to let them know that we did not just come and listen we have brought our report and part of those recommendations are for the Coast Guard to get back to us. We must do everything to take care of small businesspersons. That is why we are speaking the same language with Sen. Murkomen; that we want everyone to do “work which is work” or Kazi ni Kazi so that they get pesamfukoni . There is nothing more important. There is no need for us to focus and center around big business men and huge Japanese trawling fishing lines, while our small fishermen and traders in those markets in Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale, no longer have the produce to trade with because somebody else is doing illicit business at a very high capacity. That is not the Kenya that we want. I thank you."
}