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    "id": 186162,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/186162/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Otuoma",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Fisheries Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 132,
        "legal_name": "Paul Nyongesa Otuoma",
        "slug": "paul-otuoma"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Currently, there is no licensed fishing vessel trawling in Kenyan territorial waters in the Indian Ocean. However, the hon. Member should note that, up to October, 2007, seven local vessels were licensed to undertake trawling in Kenyan territorial waters of the Indian Ocean. These were Alfa Manyara, Alfa Serengeti and MV Amboseli, which were owned by East African Sea Foods Limited, in Mombasa; MV Venture II and MV Elena, owned by M/s Batsa & Sons, in Mombasa; MV Robato of Itika, which is also in Mombasa. and MV Vega, owned by East African Red Pawns Limited. For the benefit of the hon. Member, I wish to state that, currently, my Ministry is, jointly with the stakeholders, in the process of developing a Marine Resource Management Plan. It is expected that upon completion, the plan will ensure sustainable and equitable utilisation of marine resources, thereby reducing resource conflict use between the various categories of resource users. In addition to the trawlers, in our territorial waters, we have foreign fishing vessels licensed to operate in Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), which are in two categories, namely, the long liners and the passeinners. In 2007, 25 long liners and 50 passeinners were licensed to fish. I have attached an annex on those vessels. (b) I wish to state that the licence fees for the trawlers operating in Kenyan territorial waters 2392 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 6, 2008 of the Indian Ocean are as follows: Fishermen with mechanised vessels between ten and 15 metres in length pay an annual fee of Kshs1,500---"
}