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    "id": 615517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/615517/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Justice on the issue of the boundary between the two countries. This is a major challenge, which has not been addressed by this policy. We have been made to understand that whereas Kenya and Tanzania observe the latitudinal marking of marine boundaries, Somalia wants to use the perpendicular one from the coast. That is a very vital issue. Should we have addressed it in this policy, we would have helped our legal team dealing with this matter. We feel that the exclusion is not good for our country. Therefore, we will be recommending that the next version of this policy addresses this issue. Hon. Speaker, we also note with concern that this policy does not deal with the question of piracy and the need to secure our maritime territory. We would want our enforcement agencies to have a more coordinated and legislated approach in securing our maritime territory. We would like the Kenya Police, the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Kenya Navy to have a joint force for that purpose. We will, therefore, be urging the Minister, through this Report, to ensure that they not only introduce an ocean management and development fund but also call for the establishment of a Kenya Coastal Guard Service (KCGS), so that the agency can deal with the insecurity questions that we have discussed. As I mentioned, the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI) should be the lead agency on the biodiversity question on the coastal marine resources. We note with concern that the agency needs strengthening, so that the challenges we are currently facing in that area can be addressed. With those many remarks, I would like to urge this House to adopt Sessional Paper No.13 of 2014 on the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Policy and request Hon. Chachu Ganya to second the Motion."
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