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    "id": 142084,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otuoma",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Fisheries Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 132,
        "legal_name": "Paul Nyongesa Otuoma",
        "slug": "paul-otuoma"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government has put in place a Fisheries Act, Cap.378 of the Laws of Kenya, 1991, and this has also been amended by various fisheries regulations and legal notices over time. They guide the exploitation and general management of all fisheries resources in Kenya and those of Lake Victoria. In addition to monitoring, control and surveillance, which is used to eradicate bad fishing methods, fishing gears and laws that are used to protect breeding grounds, the Ministry of Fisheries has also successfully launched the National Oceans and Fisheries Policy in April, 2009 and the subsequent Oceans and Fisheries Management Co-ordination Draft Bill, which is more elaborate and explicit. It is ready and will be brought to this House in due course for enactment. The new Bill will replace the current Fisheries Act and will ensure that there is a more structured arrangement of securing fish growth and exploitation in Lake Victoria and other water bodies. (b) Fishermen and fish farmers benefit directly from the sales of their fish. The Government only collects some revenue from licensing activities and the money is used for infrastructure development, training and mounting of various fisheries management programmes. My Ministry has also planned strategic interventions to revitalize aquaculture in the country, including Butula Constituency, as follows:- (i) Improve the distribution system of improved aquaculture inputs by providing quality tilapia seeds, formulated seeds, establishment of propagation and multiplication centres. (ii) Commission a comprehensive tilapia breeding programme that will also serve Butula and the larger Busia area. (iii) Adopt a cluster based aquaculture production system which is constituency based and will also help farmers access credit. We are also targeting to improve aquaculture production to almost 50 per cent. We are currently at 1 per cent. This will involve coming up with almost 200 ponds per constituency. We are targeting 140 constituencies. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this financial year, we have been financed to the tune of Kshs1.1 billion. We are also thinking of fingerling production to improve dams and all these other areas. For Butula in particular, we are currently sourcing fish fingers from Dominion Farm as a temporary measure. We will be expanding Wahungu Fish Farm to propagate more seeds that can supply Butula Constituency. At the individual farm levels in Butula, we already have four clusters. Namely; Chengo, Tingolo, Butuma and Makwera clusters."
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