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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so far, there has not been adequate support. There have been no bonds as you find in the tea, coffee and the sugar subsectors. There are no existing extensions, particularly as regards fishing around the lakes. In the last one or two years, there have been a lot of activities from the Ministry concerned, but this has to a large extent been in fish farming in ponds. As a result, there is a lot of poverty in the fishing areas around the lake. This is associated with diseases. If you go to the beaches, there is extreme poverty. There are a lot of communicable diseases. There is poor sanitation in those areas, and the beach organizations do not do much. There is massive exploitation. Fish is very perishable and the middle men who buy fish tend to come late in the day, particularly where there are no cold storages, and get fish at take away prices. Then they sell it, as one Member has said, at very high prices in other areas. You also find that because of this poverty, there is very low school enrolment. Children are sent to the lake to fish and just get some little income, yet their potential is great. The fish is sold and processed, but most of the profit that comes from the fish goes to the middle men. There is poor infrastructure. The roads are not good. There are even no banking facilities; so, even the little money that they get, they use it on a daily needs. This Motion needs a much broader approach so as to bring in other Government organisations like co-operatives, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund. In this way we can train the fishermen on better fishing methods, marketing and business skills. If we do that, then we will see a much bigger growth in this industry. I support the amendments regarding the grants. I want to say something about grants because this is an area where I have had experience in the last two or three years. Grants are good for incubation of industries."
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