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    "id": 1230409,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1230409/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tetu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to lend my voice to this very important Motion. From the outset, I support the Report of the Committee on the nominee, Mr Martin Ogindo. I wish him all the best as he takes the helm at this very organisation. I urge him to make the appointment of a substantive Chief Executive Officer (CEO) his first order of business. This organisation is nearly three years old, but has not had a CEO. I urge him to fully implement the organisational structure to ensure that KFMA is fully operationalised. I urge him to make the protection of fishermen, especially from foreign vessels, a priority to ensure that Kenya continues to reap maximum benefits from this important industry. Unfortunately, fishing has always been seen as an activity only at the Kenyan Coast, in Lake Victoria and around other big water bodies. It is very important that the KFMA gives fishing a national outlook by promoting it in rivers and other small water bodies. In Tetu Constituency, we have a rare but much sought after fish called trout, which does very well in fresh water. However, there has been little or no government effort to promote farming of this type of fish or its consumption, especially in inland communities. The KFMA should not conduct fish marketing only for export, but also promote a large local industry. We are told by scientists that because of these issues of climate change as a result of challenges that come with carbon footprints that going forward, we will have to think about our sources of protein. Today, our sources of protein are predominantly beef, mutton and others. But let me point out that to produce one kilogramme of beef, we have to emit about 99 kilograms of carbon. Yet to produce a kilogram of fish just takes about 10…"
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