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    "content": "(e) pleas to Kenyan authorities. 5. The time has come for the Government of Kenya to intervene and save the fishermen and other members of the communities in Bunyala and Samia Sub-counties from imminent calamity. 6. None of the issues raised in the petition is pending in any court of law; constitutional or any other body. Your humble petitioners pray that the Senate inquires into the matters raised in this Petition and:- (a) urges the national Government to reach out to the Government of Uganda with a view to setting a policy and system for the proper utilization of the common lake resources for the mutual benefit of the citizens of the two countries; (b) urges the national Government, in coordination with the Government of Uganda, to consider setting up formal taxation points on any of the islands along the Kenya/Uganda border on the lake, where fish caught by Kenyan fishermen in Ugandan waters can be formally taxed by Ugandan authorities; (c) urges the national Government to immediately beef up security on the lake through the provision of adequate mobile police units, to patrol the lake round the clock, using modern speedboats and other equipment for policing such waters; (d) urges the Busia County Government to urgently set up adequate health facilities, including floating dispensaries, hospitals and ambulances along the shores of Lake Victoria in Bunyala and Samia Sub-counties of Busia County, to address the health challenges faced by the fishermen and other members of the local communities; (e) requests the national Government and Busia County Government to allocate funds towards setting up of modern fish processing and/or cooling plants in Bunyala and Samia Sub-counties of Busia County; (f) requests the national Government and the Busia County Government to allocate funds towards construction of well equipped landing sites along Lake Victoria in Bunyala and Samia Sub-Counties of Busia County which meet the stringent standards of the European Union, to facilitate the direct export of fish from Busia to the Euro Zone; (g) urges the national Government and Busia County Government to collaborate to set up proper and adequate modern disaster, emergency and search and rescue facilities and equipment along Lake Victoria in Bunyala and Samia Sub-counties of Busia County; (h) takes any other measure, as the honourable Senate would deem fit, just and expedient in the circumstances to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Kenya, to uphold the rule of law and protect the rights and fundamental freedoms of the residents of Bunyala and Samia Sub-Counties and other Kenyans under the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. The petitioners who have annexed hereto lists marked as A, B, C and D containing their names, national identity card numbers, mobile phone numbers and signatures. We ever pray; your humble petitioners. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this petition is signed by me. Thank you."
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