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    "id": 1230316,
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    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the appointment of Hon. Martin Otieno Ogindo as the Chairperson of the Kenya Fish Marketing Authority. I do not know much about him, but from what the Members have said and from reading about him, he is best placed for this position. Fish is very important for us as a country. Fish being a protein is good and especially now that we have very many cases of lifestyle diseases, and we are going for the white meat that is fish and poultry. For that, I want to believe this appointee will make sure that we have much fish in the ponds. When it comes to marketing of our fish, he will ensure that we export more rather than import. We have our waters like Lake Victoria which has had challenges with its boundary. Fish are not aware of the boundary and you find that our Kenyan fish or the fish that are in Kenyan waters swim all the way to Tanzania and Uganda. However, we really want to have more in Kenya. I want to believe that this person will consider giving more equipment to our fishermen so that they can be more productive in their work. We will also want to have fish in other fishing waters such as Lake Turkana and Lake Naivasha among many others. Let us have it as a serious economic activity that will not only earn people money for their use. I also believe that we can earn foreign exchange from the same. So, for Hon. Martin, I want him to harness all the skills. Looking at his name, I also believe he must have done fishing when he was young and, indeed, he should have skills to improve the same. We want to see this activity move from being basic to the next level. We have sexual harassment and sexual issues in the fishing industry which we heard the other day. I believe things will change with the coming in of Hon. Martin. Hon. Temporary Speaker, to add on that, many of our youths are unemployed and this industry will employ many of them. We are not only looking at white-collar jobs, but other jobs which will not only employ the youth, but other Kenyans. Therefore, this industry is one area that will employ our people. I want to believe Hon. Martin Otieno will run it in the right direction and I support his nomination. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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