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    "id": 180130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Uganda's security forces have, on a number of occasions, arrested Kenyans in Lake Victoria. The latest incident being on 26th October, 2008, when 15 Kenyan fishermen were arrested and taken to Bugiri District of Uganda. In response, the Government dispatched a high level delegation to Kampala led by the Minister for Fisheries Development who was accompanied by the PC, Nyanza, among other senior Government officials to discuss the matter among other issues of mutual benefit to the two sister states. It is hoped that a lasting solution will be found once the meeting is over. (b) The Government is concerned about the presence of Ugandan security forces in Migingo Island and is handling the matter through diplomatic channels. (c) Currently, the Government does not have plans to establish a navy base in Lake Victoria because all amicable mechanisms of solving the problem have not been exhausted. (d) The Government has taken concrete steps to protect the Kenyan fishermen. Some of these steps include the following:- 1. Beach management committees have been set up. The committees regulate fishing activities in both Kenya and Uganda hence promoting peaceful co-existence. 3328 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 11, 2008 2. Administration and security officials hold regular meetings with their counterparts from Uganda to thrash out emerging security issues. 3. Every year, officials from both countries hold joint border commissioners' meetings to sort out cross-border issues. This year, the meeting was held at Mbale in Uganda on 2nd and 3rd April, 2008. 4. Plans are underway to survey and fix beacons along the common border between the two countries. This year, the Office of the President has allocated Kshs20 million for the exercise which will be carried out jointly with Ugandan authorities. A high powered delegation led by the Minister for Fisheries Development, accompanied by the PC, Nyanza, are discussing this security issue in Kampala."
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