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    "id": 298383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will try. I would like to request a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Fisheries Development in relation to the crisis in the fishing industry, especially in Nyanza Province, affecting mainly Mbita and Gwasi constituencies. In the Statement, I would like to ask the Minister to clarify what he is doing to ensure that fishermen are not exploited by middlemen, who have caused the price of fish to fall tremendously, thereby causing fishermen to down their tools yesterday in a strike. I would like the Minister to also explain to the House how much money has been allocated to fishing in the 2012/2013 Budget, and in particular towards a storage facility in the affected areas. I request him to explain in the Statement what the Government intends to do to enhance marketing of fishing given that the middlemen are exploiting fishermen, and middlemen have opted for other markets such as Uganda and Tanzania."
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