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    "id": 332535,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/332535/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "52 Thursday, 22nd November, 2012(P",
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    "content": ") you look at the Constitution, even for the county governments, livestock is provided within agriculture. Indeed, for me, the greater concern is that naturally livestock would occur most naturally with other forms of agriculture. The one that actually stands out almost like a sore thumb is fisheries. I was actually looking through even the votes that you are consolidating in the First Schedule and I did not see anything on fisheries. Fishing has not been taken very seriously even though it is provided as part of agriculture. You will find that even prioritization in the fishing industry has been done very poorly. For instance, if you look at what we are doing, which is very good, you will find that we have diversified fish farming to areas that are not traditionally fishing areas, and yet the traditional fishing areas are being chocked by water hyacinth. So, you will find areas that are not traditionally fishing areas now better producers of fish than the normal fishing areas. Therefore, we are creating inequalities because the other areas can rely on crops. They can really on tea, coffee, maize or bananas, but the fishing areas do not have the luxury of relying on those. They are more or less semi-arid. So, if we had an authority that dealt specifically with fishing and then you amalgamate the others to deal with this, then it would be better for me. Nonetheless, if I am convinced to see why we should amalgamate all, including livestock for me, because I am not convinced why it should be out of this, I will support. I urge that we bring it as it is and let Members of Parliament decide whether we are retaining or removing livestock. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on gender representation, I propose that we incorporate the issue of representation in the boards and other bodies."
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