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    "id": 924830,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion be amended as follows: By inserting the words “including livestock and fish farmers” after the word “farmers” wherever it appears in the Motion. First of all, I support the Motion. I am moving this amendment because ordinarily when people speak about farmers, there is a perception that the word “farmers” excludes fish farmers and sometimes livestock farmers. In areas where I come from, I represent members of the public in seven habitable islands. So, the predominant activity in my constituency is fish farming, even though we also have other forms of agricultural activities and farming. We do not include fishing as part of farming. The Government does not have concerted action ordinarily relating to fish farmers. You find that fishermen put up their factories when they want to export their fish to the neighbouring countries like Uganda. They are exploited. So, most of those industries have closed down. Every time I meet them, their cry is when the Government can be involved. I know we appointed Hon. Ochieng’ Mbeo in the Fish Marketing Authority yesterday. Other than that, the fisherfolk always struggle on their own. It is not just the issue of the trade imbalance. You can The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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