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    "id": 555174,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "First and foremost, I support the Bill. I have briefly gone through the Bill. I looked at the objective of the Bill and I feel that the objective of this Bill sounds like a goal and not really an objective. It should be broadened. I know Hon. Millie Odhiambo- Mabona will be looking at amendments and it is important that the objective of the Bill is expanded a little bit. Since I am speaking on behalf of women, I know women are a big part of the fish trade. I am aware that women do not necessarily go to the lake to fish, but are also the main traders. I feel that this Bill should have addressed that issue. I know women have been misused by the males who are able to go in vessels to fish. Women have to part with some kind of a favour for them to have fish to sell. It is important that this Bill also addresses the welfare of the women, especially the issues of the women who are in this business. It is not just about the people who are going to the lake. I also looked at some of the definitions and it was not important to define “aircraft”. Even a child knows what an aircraft is. Some of these definitions need to be looked at further. It is not important for an aircraft, again, to be explained in this Bill. I also feel that this Bill also needs to look at the expansion of fish farming. As another Member has mentioned, we only see fishing in the lakes and sometimes in the sea. As I have said, my county may not have lakes, but we have rivers in which we fish. We now have fish ponds and there is a huge attraction of fish farmers in central Kenya. I feel that the person who came up with this Bill needs to think broader and have this small or part-time fishing in the Bill. The issue of sustainability of fish farming needs to be addressed in depth in this Bill. I know sometimes they need to ban fishing, so that fish can produce and they can fish again. Sustainability of fish farming and marketing needs to be addressed by this Bill as a matter of urgency. Kenya has many fish farmers who are exploited by big marketers. People who go to lakes and do small time trading are exploited. So, marketing of fish also needs to be addressed, so that the maximum benefit goes to the local community and not just to the big fish marketers."
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