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    "content": "and the President of Uganda set up a committee co-chaired by myself, the late Prof. George Saitoti and our counterparts from Uganda. We sat and looked at historical maps which clearly indicate that Migingo Island is on Kenyan territory. We went to the Constitution of Uganda where they meticulously describe their international boundary and it puts Migingo Island on the Kenyan side. We looked at the Kenyan territorial description by colonials and we found that Migingo Island was firmly on Kenyan territory. For avoidance of doubt, we even agreed that the two governments put together international surveyors to survey our boundary from the north, where Uganda, South Sudan and Kenya confluence down to the lake, where Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania confluence. Money was put in the kitty but the survey was never completed although the money was spent; this is typical of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our good neighbor, Uganda, sends its army to Migingo Island at will. Sometimes, Ugandan security forces walk into Migingo Island, they collect taxes and arrest our fishermen. There is a chief there who has been arrested more times than probably any chief anywhere in the world. As this is happening, the Government of the Republic of Kenya went against good advice from some of us; we told the Government to deploy some marine detachment at Migingo Island. The work of our navy is to carry out their maneuvers on water. Lake Victoria is a water mass. They should take one small ship and put it in Migingo Island to protect our fishermen. It has been proven that around Migingo Island is where there is the highest concentration of fish within the lake. It takes six hours for Uganda Navy on Lake Victoria to travel from their base in Entebbe to reach Migingo Island. It takes 30 minutes for Kenyan Navy to travel from Karungu to Migingo Island. Ugandans do their six hours every day to come and arrest our people but Kenya cannot do 30 minutes to go and protect our fishermen. This is a terrible indictment of ourselves as a country. If we cannot protect helpless fishermen, who else can we protect? No wonder the Jubilee Regime is busy stealing every morning, afternoon and night. If it is not Eurobond, it is the National Youth Service (NYS) saga or the laptops project. They cannot protect Kenyans. Our fishermen are at the mercy of our neighbours. How can we talk of promoting fishing as a viable economic activity capable of putting money in the pockets of people, when we cannot protect the primary actors in the industry? Fishermen go to the lake without life saving equipment. Nobody is bothered about standards. What country are we building? We tell this Government that its duty is either to govern us or get out of office. It is better for Kenyans to run their country. Look at our boys being killed in Somalia like flies. Operation Linda nchi has now become operation occupy nchi . The President of Somalia can announce the casualties of Kenyans who died in El Ade. The President of Kenya cannot announce the number of casualties of his own people. Somalia, a country at the mercy of Kenya to be helped to come to normalcy, the only failed State in the world, is doing better than us. My distinguished young colleague who has come in from Kericho, tell your mandarins in Jubilee that they have lost direction and network. They can hire six helicopters and run all over helter skelter but they cannot protect Kenya. As we talk about fishing, we must protect our territorial integrity. Part of our largest fishing arena is the Indian Ocean. Somalia is claiming half of our marine territory. When I was a Minister for 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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