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    "content": "a freezer, the fish goes bad very quickly. So, these are the things we need to tackle even as we look at this. Even as we empower young people to do business, then we should ask where they dispose of whatever they produce. What infrastructure do we want to demand through legislation to ensure that they get the market for their produce? The other final issue is about vital sanitary standards. If we focus on agri-business and value addition in agro-business, then we have to tackle the issue of vital sanitary standards. That is the missing link, if you ask me. The reason why fish from Lake Victoria, leave alone fish from fish ponds cannot access the European Union market is because it does not meet the vital sanitary standards. This is the same case with mangoes. The madoadoa that the Chief Whip was talking about should not be seen, going by the standards set by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The standards set by the WTO and other trade organizations are quite stringent and we need to tackle that and empower institutions like the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) to assist us in that regard. I am pained to look at such a good Motion, which in my view, should delay a little bit to empower us to bring a more comprehensive approach. That is not a very heavy price to request. As leaders, we must tell our people that at times, it is not the number of Motions or legislations that we pass that matters but how comprehensive the laws are and how self executing the law is because of the mechanisms that have been put into the legislation to ensure that it is implemented. That is my contribution."
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