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    "id": 541970,
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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": "One of the other issues which I will also be looking at is the architecture of the Bill. The Mover of the Bill said it has gone through a lot of public participation, which is true. However, because the process started very early, you can see a lot of issues that did not take into account the fact that we now have a new Constitution with a devolved system of governance. Fisheries are very heavily devolved. If you look at the architecture of the Bill, it still follows the architecture of the old Constitution. As a Committee, we have proposed some amendments. Some of the issues that I would be raising are on exsitu and in situ fishing. I can see my time is up but indulge me and just give me two minutes and I will conclude. Some of the issues that we will be looking at are on the definitions, which exclude women. We need to add the definition of a fish-monger. We also need to look into the issue of punishment. We are not looking at the fact that we are dealing with inland fisheries and ocean fisheries. This Bill is focused heavily on artisanal fishermen. We need to look at the issue of beach management units and the protection of women, who get sexually exploited in the fishing industry. The definition of the word barter---"
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