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    "content": "this is a country within the equatorial region and we can produce some of these commodities. There should be a policy to consume what is local first before we import things like vegetables because our people are able to plant them. If we are now building capacity for young people to have fish ponds and you bring in an Article and say: “approval shall”, be by the director, then I think we will be trying to quietly bring in another law and we will soon find people importing live salmons and many small fish species that we know we do not have. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other thing is that no person shall import live fish and release it into our waters except with written approval. In trying to do this business, we should come up with laws that will favor the business. This is something this Senate should take up to protect counties. The Senate must protect agriculture and fisheries. We should raise eyebrows when we see such Bills. We may not thoroughly read a Bill as huge as this. I have also not read the whole Bill but only what is of interest to me and I think it is wrong. We should take time to read and I want to plead with the Senators that we should take time and read this Bill. In fact, we need to bring in someone who can take us through so that we understand the implications. You might think you are creating a good Fisheries Bill for the country and yet we are destroying the same fisheries that we want to protect. We need to amend this section to include the counties. As we talk about the Director-General, where are the structures of the counties? There are many conflicts regarding the regional authorities that the counties want. If we create such an authority to work in the counties, why do we need a Director- General? The importer and exporter of any fish that is destroyed under subsection 4 shall not be entitled to compensation. If we have an authority that deals with fisheries, how will we ensure that it will not be in conflict with the other authority? In this Bill, we have also created the council. We are creating many structures but not questioning the conflicts that we will witness. We will employ people who will start fighting and not work hand in hand. For example, the Kenya Airports Authority is in conflict with the Immigration Department, yet they should be working together in terms of ensuring security. We have created many authorities whose job descriptions overlap. We have also created the Food Authority. The Bill that was passed in this House ---"
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