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    "id": 51951,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " The hon. Member ought to understand that Members of Parliament, including Ministers represent the people and, therefore, when the people are resisting, the Members have got very little choice because they are being driven by the people. That is why this issue requires a different approach. It is an issue that needs to be debated here, so that an agreement is found and some message is sent from this Parliament to the people on the ground. Sometimes, Members find it very difficult to go against the wishes of the people that they represent in this House. So, the hon. Member may not appreciate this, but I know that some of the Members have this problem. I think that if the matter is discussed in this House, it will strengthen the hands of the Members when they go back to face their people on this issue. We must find a way of settling these unfortunate Kenyans. We must find a way, otherwise, we are going to fail as a Government unless Members are willing to lead from the front. The Nominated Member, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, was concerned about the ban on fishing of omena. There are feeding systems in the lake. The Government is concerned about over-fishing in the lake, which has the negative effect of depleting the stock of fish in the lake. There are times when fishing of particular species of the lake is banned in order to allow for breeding that species of fish. The Government is not doing this in order to punish fishermen. On the contrary, the Government is doing this in the interest of those fishermen. If the Government allows over-fishing of the lake, ultimately, these fishermen will have nothing to fish. So, I plead with the Member to be understanding on this matter."
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