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    "id": 62318,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajembe",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 163,
        "legal_name": "Ramadhan Seif Kajembe",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the water hyacinth has drifted back and has temporarily paralyzed transport and fishing operations in Lake Victoria, particularly Kichinjio, Usoma, Ngege, Paga and Ogal beaches in Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria. It is known that the weed drifts back and forth during the December to March period. I am also aware that the Winam Gulf was cleared from 6th January 2011 and the weed has drifted away. (b) My Ministry is in the process of engaging manual and physical removal of water hyacinth at the Winam Gulf by invoking the former East African Commission Plan of Action on water hyacinth removal that was adopted by the Lake Victoria Environment Management Project Phase I and also adopted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. During the project period from 1997 to 2005, as a long term measure, the Lake Victoria Environment Management Project Phase II is in the process of developing a water hyacinth management strategy, expected to be completed in a year’s time at the regional level. This is developed by a consultant and coordinated by the Lake Victoria Basin Commission on behalf of the five partner states; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. During the Eighth meeting of the Central Council of Ministers for Lake Victoria Basin on 21st January 2012, the issue of water hyacinth was deliberated upon and a directive on the matter was issued. My Ministry initiated action to implement the directive by engaging the youth through the Kazi Kwa Vijana initiative with the manual removal of the weed. This is a short-term intervention as a long term solution is being sought through the development of regional water hyacinth management strategy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also need to appreciate risks associated with manual removal of the hyacinth. Such risks include harm that can be inflicted through snake bites,"
}