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    "content": "without any expertise or connection to the fishing industry and put them at the helm of the management of this industry, will not happen. Therefore, any government that is charged with the responsibility of managing this fishing resource as articulated in this Bill must be cognizant of the various concerns of the people of the coast region. Some of us would like to see a fishing industry where those who live by the sea or lake; those who produce fish manage these industries. I have never heard of a coastal person heading a farming, agricultural authority or sitting in boards in disproportionate form, or many other resources that are not allied to the coastline, the lake region or the coastal area. But there are cases where people from these regions populate these boards and authorities yet they have no connection or expertise. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will realise that there is a certain emotion when you manage an industry that you are familiar with and which constitutes the livelihood of your people. Today, it is a misnomer to talk about arid development or livestock and not have people who keep livestock adequately represented in the management of these authorities. My first appeal, therefore, is that we, as a Senate, must end the strategy of marginalization. It comes when people put up these types of laws and statutes and act in a manner as to ignore those who have the greatest compassion to these jobs. They regularly say in the coast region, we do not have sufficient education. Next to me is Sen. Madzayo who is a retired judge. I also have sufficient education. The era we talk about is those days when a theory was presented in this country that the people from the coast region were a group of dimwits and a lazy generation, waiting for coconuts to fall. That was the stereotype that was used to exploit our people almost to a point of despair and to a point of crystalising the politics of succession because of the reckless and careless exploits of the coast region. Therefore, when the Government is implementing this law, it must take those who, not only have the expertise, but are also connected to the fishing industry because it constitutes a livelihood for a majority of their people. It is shameful that we can buy canned beef or fish with a label ‘Manufactured in Somalia’. Somalia is a country that has for over 20 years been in civil war. Today, we find products of fish from Somalia in our local stores yet we are in a country that brags of 50 years of stability. It is a pity that we cannot add value to our fish. It is shameful! Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we debate, this Bill points to the shameful acts of past regimes because when there is no structure, people exploit. We know who owns the fishing trawlers which operate in the deep seas. We also know who invited them. We further know where the profits are channeled. Sometimes if you want to exploit a nation, do not create a structure. That is why today, a country of our stature is constantly lamenting of Japanese fishing boats and trawlers in the Kenyan territorial waters yet we have a Government and a naval force. What we have exposed our people to is what no government can ever expose her people to. It is mistreatment! When we venture into these businesses, there are those who have controlled this industry. It is my hope that they will not be facilitated to put in place structures of what they already started. We must create new cooperative unions and opportunities for young people. They should be given trawlers, unlike the Youth Enterprise Fund which only gives them little money enough to buy sweets and trade in local businesses. In a day, they The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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