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"content": "I rise to support this Motion. At the outset, I want to say that I was very much inclined to oppose it; but after a fruitful discussion with hon. Odhiambo-Mabona, I understood the very serious problems that people in the traditional fishing areas have. These are problems that we are also alive to in the areas where we come from. I rise to support this Motion on the understanding that the grants that we propose to be given to farmers, who are involved in fishing will not be restricted to fishing around water bodies. The grants will also be accessible by farmers in areas like Kiambu, Nyeri, Murangâa and Eastern Province, where people have no water bodies, but are involved in rearing of fish in fish ponds. I think the Jubilee Government has promised young people and women in this country a fund that will fund their businesses that can generate income. The establishment of a fund for the fishing industry, including training and capacity building in fishing, will be a thing to look forward to in the coming days. Young people and women in our areas should access these funds, so that they can generate income for themselves. It is time that the Government started looking seriously in the area of fisheries by establishing a board or an authority that will specifically deal with fishing. Traditionally, we have been made to believe farming is all about maize, tea and coffee farming. Therefore, fishing and fisheries have been neglected and when we put these things together in authorities and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, all the money gets swallowed up in the maize farming and other agricultural farming and fisheries are left without funds at all."
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