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    "id": 851469,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851469/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": "masses inside the country that include lakes and rivers. This country has a great potential for commercial fishing. Commercial fishing can be encouraged even in the driest areas if we use the water masses and introduce fingerlings through the Ministry of Fishing. We will therefore request the Government to support the fishermen who are already in this trade, particularly in the coastal region and the lake region because those fishermen are still using traditional method. They need heavy gear equipment, they need to have motorised boats and need to be assisted in marketing, storage and so on. There is also need to implement laws to protect unscrupulous fishermen who fish using nets which have small apertures where they can harvest the eggs of fishes and deplete even the ones which would have grown. There is also need to ensure that legislation which is already there is implemented to prevent contamination of water masses by sewage and chemicals so that we are safe. As this country is becoming urbanised, we are increasingly getting lifestyle- related diseases. Many people who have hypertension, heart ailments, diabetes and so on are often advised to avoid red meat. The option they are being given is to use fish or chicken. Therefore, this country has a lot of market for fish and we have the capacity to produce. I therefore thank His Excellency the President for banning importation of fish. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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