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    "id": 555157,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "poverty. There are issues of food insecurity. The Fisheries Management and Development Bill is very important because it is taking the management of fisheries to another level, where fish farmers can get some income to improve the welfare of their families. It is important for that sector to be supported. Many times, that has involved people who live around rivers and lakes and have coping skills to manage the industry. However, being a traditional industry, there is the general feeling that it is not modern and, therefore, it cannot be brought up to the market. It is good for us to regulate that sector, so that the farmers and the communities living around those natural resources can be assisted with facilities and amenities to enable them to take their businesses to another level. We have had stereotypes and speculations about communities that deal with fisheries. This is a good opportunity to get rid of those stereotypes. We have heard negative stories like “fish for love, fish for sex” and such stories. We must get rid of those stereotypes because they traumatise the communities that are involved in fishing and deny them the opportunity for marketing. It is important for us to develop facilities around those natural resources to promote fisheries. As a fast growing natural resource, we can leverage on it as a country, up our livelihood and move straight to the two digit economic growth rate. So, we need to invest a lot in terms of capacity building. This will be done better through education, sensitisation and development of institutions that can train our people in the management of the resource. It will be better for us to incorporate that resource and its management in all our trade agreements within the EAC and at the international level. We have had instances where Kenyan fish has not been accepted readily in the international market. That is why we will need to have regulations to up that market and give us an opportunity to participate in the international market using the fish as our natural resource. I want to agree with the speaker before me on the issue of nutrition. Many people are moving away from eating red meat. The alternative is readily found in fish. So, that is a good reason for us to invest and manage that industry. We can reap so much from the fish market to enhance the welfare of communities that are involved in that sector socially and economically. Let us pass this Bill and focus on the development of the necessary regulations that will make fish farming a major product of this country. With those remarks, I support the Bill."
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