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"content": "efforts that have been brought on board. This is in terms of regulations and policy, to ensure that we harness our full potential in the Blue Economy Sector. The Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, through the State Department, has initiated and developed policy, legal, regulatory and institutional reforms in the sector that includes, reviewing the National Oceans and Fisheries Policy. During the consultation with stakeholders, it was proposed that the name be changed to the Kenyan Fisheries Policy to enable the inland waters to be incorporated into the policy. The Cabinet considered and approved the Kenyan Fisheries Policy on the 19th April 2023. Secondly, developing the National Blue Economy Strategy; we have already validated the National Blue Economy Strategy through a stakeholder's forum. However, there are quite several comments that came, and we are now plugging them in so that we can finalise the National Blue Economy Strategy. The key facets of this strategy are to ensure that we can unbundle, Blue Economy into the key sectors and provide guidance for all players, be it national, International, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), County Governments and whoever wants to work in Blue Economy to get guidance. We are on course now to finalise the policy. We also have the National Aquaculture Policy of 2011, which is under review and the Tuna Management and Development Strategy, 2013/2018, which is an ongoing process. The Ministry is also coordinating an entire relook at the Indian Ocean where we want to have a Marine Spatial Plan and a spatial plan around Lake Victoria. Both efforts have already received approval from the Cabinet. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to just add one point on the issue of spatial plan. If you go to Lake Victoria today, you will find that it is very difficult to navigate because of cage fishing and many activities that happen in the lake. The Lake Victoria Spatial Plan will make sure that our six per cent occupation of Lake Victoria is properly planned, so that we know where we do landing sites and invest in other marine activities. However, right now navigating Lake Victoria is a big challenge. The Lake Victoria Spatial Plan will be very critical to anchor our investment plan in the lake. If you look at the Indian Ocean, we are going to do the Marine Spatial Plan because we need to plan where we do small ports, landing sites and conservation. Also, for the record, and which might be of interest to Sen. Mungatana, if you go to the Indian Ocean for example, you will find there is this area called Ungwana Bay which covers Sabaki and where Tana River enters the Ocean. The space which we call Ungwana Bay is very critical for shrimp investment because where the estuary, habitat, warm waters and cold waters combine they create a good habitat for the shrimp. Therefore, the Spatial Plan will help us to reorganize our investments in the ocean. We also have the Lake Turkana Fisheries Management Plan. Looking at how we harness the potential of Turkana, which covers both Marsabit and Turkana Counties, we want to utilize the potential of this particular lake and begin to inspire the economy of the two counties and the nation at large. We have a whole Lake Turkana Fisheries Management Plan, which we should be rolling out. On Friday, we will be visiting the lake to concretise these plans. We also have"
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