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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Otuoma",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Nyongesa Otuoma",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, let me make myself clear that I am not trying to be hostile. What I was trying to say is that this is a very complex matter that we need to handle from a point of information. What I did was to tell the hon. Member that if he had that kind of information--- I am glad to hear that he has already tabled some information and he has sought for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Environment where the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) falls. As I had indicated earlier, that is a multi-sectoral problem. I had mentioned that we in the Ministry of Fisheries Development, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Water and Irrigation and NEMA are working together. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that collaboration has already started yielding some results, which I have already tabled here. I said that I am only waiting for some results that will come in on Friday from Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and then we will have a complete report on this matter. I do not think it is right to misinform the public over a matter that is as sensitive as this one. It is a point that is basically just attributing poisoning from the preliminary results, which do not show that kind of thing. In fact, I was beginning to get confident enough to even lift the ban on fishing in that area, so that hon. Members can enjoy fish when they go there. That is how confident I was from those kind of results. So, I will comply with your directive that we will get the Ministry of Environment to make a comment on the matter. But I want to stand by what I have said. That position is informed from the information that we have. The fish that died was due to lack of oxygen. The environmental results that are coming in are not showing anything that is unique. Sudden fish deaths happen everywhere in the world. That literature is everywhere, including the internet. Even hon. Ottichilo here is an environmental scientist and he knows that very well. Fish can die just because of lack of oxygen or even change in temperature. Even now, we have rolled out this Aquaculture Stimulus Programme in fish ponds."
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