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    "content": "(Hon. Mvurya): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The most technical way to explore blue resources, especially in the Indian Ocean, is to have a plan and a strategy. The marine spatial plan will inform us of the zones and the coordinates that we are going to be looking at for gas and oil. Before we have a spatial plan, the rest will be guesswork. What we have said here is that the Ministry wish to work on the national blue economy strategy, which is almost complete, and then the marine spatial plan so that people are not sent to the Indian Ocean, to do scoping without any guideline. The marine spatial plan will be very critical, to allow us to know where we can do the gas and oil exploration. When we arrive, at that point, we will be able to rope in, our colleagues in the Minister of Energy. This is because they have the expertise to be able to roll out that kind of exploration. So, that is how we should be moving forward. I assure Kenyans that, the marine spatial plan and the national blue economy strategy will be very critical to guide us. There are quite a number of activities within the blue economy that are not necessary in my Ministry. However, my Ministry can guide the other Ministries to inspire the economy through those activities. For example, there are quite a number of areas we have identified for cruise ship tourism, which is under the Ministry of Tourism. So, once we identify the sector, then we provide the technical and strategic information, and then the other Ministry can take it up from that level."
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