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    "content": "In the Act that we passed last year, there are three critical things; that is, exit to fishing. We had mandated the Government to provide for the traditional fishing communities. The other one was a review of the closed period. We said that if the Government had effected exit to fishing or fish breeding, then there would be no need for any closed season. Further to the meeting that we had, one of the things that we agreed on three weeks ago was that because of environmental concerns, instead of lifting it all together, we reduce it to one month. Therefore, because of the reasons I have given and because I want to give other Members a chance to speak, I encourage Members to support this amendment so that we reduce the period from four months to one month. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to support this amendment, my constituency only relies on fishing; it means that most of them will not be able to send their children to school. Many of them who are living with HIV/AIDS find this as a major source of nutrients. Many of them will not find it because they do not have other sources of food. That is the main source of food for my community and so, if we pass this Motion, it would effectively mean that, that closed period would now be more effective and that we will review it again next year. For the issue of the grant, the communities where we come from are desperately poor. Even if you give loans, people will hardly take them. Even the one for women and youth, very few people take loans because they are desperately poor. What our communities need is grants until we have lifted their standards to a level that we can then introduce loans. Also, because the Constitution talks about equalization of opportunities across the country, and since we have subsidized agriculture in the past, it is now time to subsidize fishing. With those few remarks, I beg to move the amendment and call upon hon. Ababu to second."
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