GET /api/v0.1/hansard/entries/961709/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"id": 961709,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/961709/?format=api",
"text_counter": 549,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
"speaker": {
"id": 434,
"legal_name": "James Nyikal",
"slug": "james-nyikal"
},
"content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is need to bring in legislation, as Hon. Mbadi said. If I take the example of Lake Victoria, this cage farming is actually in competition with the local fishermen. Unless we get in and bring proper regulation, there will be conflict because once you do cage farming, basically the lake will be cut out into cage farming areas and the local fishermen will not have their own local production. The answer is to get the local fishermen move away from the current fishing practices that are not productive. This way they reduce the fish because they catch fish during the breeding season. It is difficult to control it because that is what they live on. So, if we move to the modern fishing methods, that in itself will rejuvenate the lake in terms of fish production, even if we left the fish in the cages. So, we are at the right moment in time and history. We have got the right person. We can now improve our fish industry and the income of the people who depend on fishing across the country. We need to improve pond farming of fish at Lake Victoria. We need to go into both cage and pond farming to be able to compete internationally. After that we must go into marketing internationally. The international requirements for fish exportation are actually very high in terms of quality and standards. So, it will need somebody like Mr. Mbeo who is already doing it. He knows where the markets are and what the requirements are. That is the person who will lead the industry in the direction we need."
}