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    "id": 981052,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "One thing that this House should be making sure of, because of our oversight role – and this is what I like about this Bill and I actually came back to speak to it – is that we cannot delegate putting in place the right people to drive and make sure our industry has the right people driving it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support. I would like to see our country having business fundamentals or economic support pillars so that we can say that we have 6 per cent growth because our fish industry is working. Similarly, we can say that it has gone to the next level, and it has got value added. In the Big Four Agenda, for instance, we are talking of manufacturing, but what are we doing to make sure that we add value to our fish and other sectors of the economy? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we talk of food security and all these things, but the number one driver of food security of nutritional value is the protein that comes from fish. We are told here that perhaps we do not even consume that much. I read somewhere that our exports and our local consumption are equal. How is that even possible, when our exports are so low to begin with? I do not wish to belabour on this, but I like this amendment. It is going to put the industry in the right hands, if it is done properly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Bill."
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