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    "content": "go to the Bill itself. Having read it, I am happy with it. I would like you to reflect on Clause11 (c) which forms the membership of the Board. In Clause 11(1) (c), after the members that are to be appointed by the President, you have then given five members in (c) to be appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. Leader of Majority, I would like you to amend it. That opportunity should be given to the Council of Governors (CoG). Reading this Bill, in its fullness, it tries to have an intergovernmental set of structure. Therefore, if it is the President appointing those members in (a) and (b), then, the members in (c) are appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, where do you leave the CoG, in view of the fact that fishery is a fully devolved function under the Constitution? Having said that, allow me to make the following general comment. First, I want to congratulate Prof. J. M Ntiba, who I believe is a distant cousin of the Leader of the Majority. Since he came into this Ministry, after being appointed by President Kibaki, he revolutionalized fishing industry in this country. In fact, we give him credit for coming up with the fish ponds that were not successful. I want professor to know that the noble thing failed because he failed to follow it up with legislation. If there was legislation, he would not have taken fish ponds to places like Kieni, where there is no rain. Obviously, the water dries up and the fish dies. He is the one who brought those things using the economic stimulus. I support this Bill because it will support development, governance and investment into oceans and fishery resources. This is a noble thing. One can begin to see the importance of fish when you remind them about the history of the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK). In the UK, fish is such a critical entity. There is a phrase in good English, that when you tell somebody something that they think does not matter a great deal, they tell you; \"after all, what you have said does not change the price of fish\"."
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