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    "id": 638721,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 431,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. Those of us from the coastal counties, particularly those who share the coastline; Lamu, Tana River, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale, have been concerned over the lack of interest or regulation over the years by successive governments in terms of ensuring that we exploit our seas in a manner that benefits our people. Our people live in the coastline. They have the natural port, the Port of Mombasa, for that matter. Hardly is there any benefit that accrues. That is why at the centre of some of our politics in the counties, we have had an extraordinary reference to particularly the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and the tourism sector where we provide tourism support to the industry and the populations that work in this industry are hardly those of coastal origin. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have also had issues around the fishing industry. There is lack of regulation and perceived or real exploitation by other people; this only points - to many of us - a strategy of marginalization which the current and other past governments have continued to undertake against the coastal people and their economic wellbeing. If enacted in its spirit and letter, this Bill provides the framework where we can exploit the full potential of our fishing industry to the benefit of the people of the coastal region in a manner that makes life meaningful and that the wave of the sea that is either brought by tourism, the port and the massive resources, including fish in the ocean, will now be realised for the benefit of the people of the region. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill is timely because it tries to anchor a system or structure that makes fish farming, fishing, its management and marketing a lucrative enterprise for even the local communities of the coast region. That is why we do not expect to see a fishing industry that is managed in a manner that does not benefit the people of the coast region. There has been our hue and cry when it comes to matters of the KPA. We hope that a similar strategy of marginalization; that, you take people The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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