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    "content": "only get Kshs200 in return. That is also the concept applied in the National Youth Service (NYS). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, young people from the coast and lake regions should be given Kshs1million in organised cooperative societies. Let them pay for it because they can do so when they do large scale fishing. There is value addition to the fish when processed in these regions. The other misnomer is importing crude oil through the coast of Mombasa and refining it elsewhere. I hope that we will stop creating industries in far flung areas that deny the people from the coast and lake regions the opportunity for value addition and development of industries in their own regions. We must guard against big business interests that will continue the strategy of exploitation. If foreign vessels are licensed, we must ensure that royalties are paid to the communities and the bordering counties adequately. This is the time when we must appear like a nation that is aggressive and assertive in defending the rights of its own people and in, particular, their economic well being. So, it is my hope that, first and foremost, we do not have to face the potential of having to license only the big international shipping vessels. I hope that we will create the necessary capacity for investment in fishing, so that Kenya does not only control the local market, but also export to other markets. I am not a Government interventionist kind of a person, but there is need to protect our people from exploitation in a manner that resources do not appear to benefit the larger majority. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we cannot allow a nation that talks about another 50 years of marginalisation. We cannot deny that there is marginalisation. The Constitution itself recognises that there is marginalisation in this country. That is why it talks about marginalised groups and describes who they are. So, we hope we will not create an authority that evokes sentiments of exclusion and marginalization, but use an inclusive strategy which is an issue that the Constitution articulates. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank the Mover of this Bill because it has, for once, provided a framework. We should punish ruthlessly those who violate these frameworks and exploit Kenyan waters. We have raised these concerns again and again and so have our youth. Therefore, it is important, as a society or a nation, to ensure we secure the long-term interests of our resources. It is futile to have water next to you yet we always suffer lack of water in our regions. We suffer lack of food and food sustainability, yet God has blessed us with some of the best land you can ever imagine. Every visitor who comes to this nation always tells us how beautiful our nation is though mismanaged. They come from countries that are, for most of year, covered by snow, have falling leaves and heat waves. We come from a wonderful country; literally, God has been kind to us. He has given us everything. I always ask myself what it is we do not have in Kenya. Right now, the mining industry appears to be more lucrative than we could imagine. Never did we think that Kenya had the kind of resources in oil and gas. Big companies and conglomerates have come to exploit these resources. Are we prepared to end the exploitation? Kenya is a country with human, agricultural, fishing and mineral The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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