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    "id": 1165942,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165942/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Faki for coming up with this Statement. I am a Member of the Committee on Roads and Transportation, and we will take it up. Once during a trip to the coast, I visited the old port. When we talk about Blue Economy, then there must be a place to land. The small- scale fishermen and transporters will not need to use the main port. There must be many such small ports along the coastline so that they can easily dock, drop and pick whatever they are dealing in. Even when it comes to transport, those centers along the coast like Lamu all the way to Mombasa must have another route. You do not just have to use the road transport. You can also use the sea and you must have many stopping points and small ports like that one. It is not fair to say that because there is illicit trade going on, we now close the harbor. It is the responsibility of the security agents to give intelligence to the organizations here to make sure that they monitor whatever is coming in. It is not a solution to close down a port. We will take it and see the reason it was closed. It is very important to have all these small ports open along the coast to improve access by small- scale fishermen and transporters. The Blue Economy cannot thrive without these small ports along the coastline."
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