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    "id": 1264956,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1264956/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu East, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shakeel Shabbir",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. This is an obligation that we have to share with our international partners. It is good that we adopt the ratification of the Amended Nairobi Convention and the Protocol for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-Based Sources and Activities. What are we going to do about it? What are the action points? We are very good at signing protocols and ratifying them but, at the end of it, nothing happens. Our oceans are polluted. We have millions of tonnes of plastic going around the world oceans that damage our marine life and wildlife. Having this Protocol for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-Based Sources and Activities is a good initiative. However, what will be our responsibility? How will we ensure that we take care of our part? How will we ensure that others do not pollute our ocean, take our fish, damage our habitat and get away with it? One of the greatest fishing takes place between the Kenya and Somalia's boundaries off the Indian Ocean in Lamu. Foreign ships from Bangladesh are used mostly. Mauritius takes advantage of nearly 80 to 90 per cent of its fish. In Kenya, we hardly take advantage of 10 per cent of our fish. Most of our fish is taken to other countries. We must make sure that, that does not continue to happen. As we ratify this Convention and Protocol, we must know that there is a boundary dispute in the Indian Ocean between our country and Somalia. Therefore, as we consider this Motion, we must also demarcate the Kenyan territory so that we look after it and make sure that we have measures in place to stop pollution. We do not have boats. The boats we have are small. We do not have big patrol boats that can be used to move around, arrest and take action against people who pollute our environment. Our navy is over-stretched. There are many things that need to be done. Signing this Convention will be beautiful but, what are we going to implement from our end? How will we make sure that we protect our ocean? When you watch some documentaries, you will see 15 square kilometers of floating plastic going round the world oceans. If such a thing hits us in Kenya, we will be done and so, we need to take action by tracking that disaster to ensure it does not come to us. If it comes to the Kenyan seas, we need to stop it. What is the Ministry responsible with the implementation of the amended Nairobi Convention and the Protocol for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land- Based Sources and Activities doing about it? We need to take specific action to protect not only Nairobi and its environment, but also our forestry, fishery and the Western Indian Ocean. Finally, I will be missing it if I do not mention Lake Victoria. When we talk about the Amended Nairobi Convention and the Protocol for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-Based Sources and Activities, it is, particularly, targeting Kenya and land-based sources. I would like to know if the same protocol The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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