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    "id": 634439,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have the privilege and honour of moving the Fisheries Management and Development Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 18 of 2014). This is a very important Bill in many ways. First of all, it wants to mainstream the exploitation, preservation and protection of fisheries and aquatic resources in this country. For a long time, this nation has survived by just dealing with agricultural products and livestock. However, there are many other resources in this country which have since been discovered. Places that we called marginalized in the past are now the new frontiers of development. If you go to places like Turkana now, there is a lot of attraction of investments because of the discovery of oil and water. Places like Marsabit County have a lot of interest now because of wind energy. Places like Samburu and Isiolo have a lot of potential and many investors are moving there, looking to invest in property. One of the areas that we have ignored for a long time is the development of our aquatic resources and particularly the fisheries sector. We have over-depended on Lake Victoria and Lake Naivasha. However, we have far more resources in this country in parts of the coast when we talk about our coastline and our link to the ocean. This is a very important Bill that has many parts. It is a very bulky Bill that many of us should take time to read. It has about 20 parts. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Part 1 is about preliminary provisions. As I said earlier, one of the objectives of Vision 2030 was to develop a governance and investments structure for the oceans and fisheries resources. The author of Vision 2030 is seated here, a very humble Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o, who was among the chief architects and the Minister for Planning and National Development then when it was launched. As a result of that, in 2008, we developed the National Oceans and Fisheries Policy (NOFP). This policy outlines key interventions that should be made to ensure that the fisheries sector and fisheries resources are exploited but in a manner that will be utilized well and protected, particularly in our exclusive economic zone and other parts of the country. For example, we have Lake Turkana which has fantastic fisheries resources but because of accessibility, marginalization and infrastructure of that area, those resources have not been exploited properly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in 2010 which is the chronology of these issues - remember vision 2030 was authored when NARC Government came to power and in 2008, the NOFP was put in place - we passed a new Constitution which has very elaborate provisions on protection of the environment and resources. It has a legal framework that ensures that there is participation of communities, county and national governments in so far as protection and exploitation of our resources is concerned. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill is very important in ensuring that there is implementation of that Constitution in a manner that respects the Constitution but also the interests of the people of Kenya and enables us to progress further in terms of exploitation of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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