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    "content": "construction of abattoirs of international standards so that they could start exporting our meat, which is very delicious, to countries outside our country. It is important that this matter is addressed urgently. While supporting the removal of Mathenge, I would also like to touch on the water hyacinth menace, which has been talked about for so long. Water hyacinth has apparently been in Lake Victoria for a long time; it is suspected that it came to our country as a flower but, unfortunately, after covering parts of Lake Victoria, it is sad that the weed is now choking Lake Naivasha. There are a lot of fish that are dying in Lake Naivasha because of water hyacinth. So, it is important that measures are adopted to remove some of these harmful plants that are affecting the daily livelihoods of our citizenry. These measures should be taken urgently because when we look at the inflation index, it is going up and our people are complaining very seriously. For example, yesterday, I was in an agricultural forum where our people are really crying about the Value Added Tax (VAT) on agricultural equipment. Therefore, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important that the issue of the water hyacinth be also looked into because when we hear of the Ugandans coming to Migingo Island because of fish, they are coming and meeting with our people there because there is very little fish left on our side or on the side of Migingo. They are coming there because the demand for fish worldwide is very high because we saw the world population is going to be several billions by the year 2050. So, it is important that this issue is taken seriously. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, still on the same note, I would like to also bring to the attention of the Senate the existence of another weed in Nakuru County that is called"
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