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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to agree with the hon. Member that this Statement has not been adequately responded to especially when I heard from the hon. Member that he was not invited before the Committee. Since we have changed the format of our governance structure, we do not have a Cabinet Secretary who can be here to respond directly. Therefore, when a matter goes before a committee, the committee must invite all Members that are interested in this issue to interrogate the committee. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is not an issue that only affects Turkana. My constituency is very heavily affected by this issue. The fishermen in Remba and Ringiti islands are being asked by authorities in Uganda to pay an equivalent of Kshs70,000 if they want to fish in the waters and there is no defined boundary. So, they asked me to come and ask this Government whether we are in Kenya or in Uganda so that if we are in Uganda, I can move and represent the people of Uganda in Uganda because I cannot be representing Kenyans and we are paying taxes to Uganda. So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is not a light issue because this is the stuff wars are made of. When the fishermen from my constituency go to fish, there is no clear boundary. So, they are being arrested daily. Their boats and nets are being confiscated. Many of them are languishing in Ugandan jails and now over and above that they are being asked to pay Kshs70,000 as a licence. They do not even make a quarter of that money. So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with your guidance I request that we be allowed time to present issues to this Committee so that all the concerns we have as border communities are raised. I border both Tanzania and Uganda and we are having very serious issues."
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