Adan Hajj Ali

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Recent surveys have shown increased use of undersized gillnets of below 5 inches and subsequent decline in fish stocks. This has in effect seen the dramatic decline in catches in Lake Victoria posing grave threats to the livelihoods and food security on the fishing communities around the Lake. The ban of gillnets below 5 inches is, therefore, premised on the need to recover fish stocks and improve the fortunes of fishermen in Lake Victoria including Funyula. Continual removal of juvenile fish from the lake has led to reduction of fish in the lake and subsequently low productivity. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: The Kenyan part of the lake produced 145,000 metric tonnes in 2014 before the decline to 96,000 metric tonnes in 2016 as illegalities increased. The Government, through the newly created agencies by the Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016, has set up mechanisms for ensuring sustainable utilisation of our fisheries resources. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Part 28 of the Act has created the Fish Levy Trust Fund whose objective is to provide supplementary funding of activities geared towards management, development, capacity award and urgent mitigation to ensure sustainability of the fisheries resources. Two fisherpersons from fresh waters and marine waters are part of the board of trustees which has already been established. Further, the fishermen have fishermen cooperative societies which provide legal input for sustainable fishing. The Kenya Fisheries Services is strengthening fisher associations and beach management units that will assist in the access of fishing gear. The Ministry is in dialogue with financial institutions ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for clarifying that bit on whether or not the sub-county office will be involved. I am thinking of the same. The Member The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: can visit the county and consult with the CEC for Fisheries. On the issue of the fisheries resources on Lake Victoria, in terms of the fish that swims without borders, as common property of the citizens of East African Community, that is not about the security of our fishermen or whether if they cross over to Uganda they will be arrested. This resource is borderless and it is shared. Fish move from one place to the other freely. You can catch fish in Kisumu and in Uganda. That is what the Statement meant. Therefore, it is true that the fisheries ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Hon. Junet is casting aspersions that I know nothing about fish. That is not entirely true. Before I came to this House, I was the CEC in charge of Fish in Kwale County. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have lived in Kwale County for more than 25 years along the beach. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I know about juvenile fish. I know Spade and Octopus. In Kiswahili they are called Pweza . If I was to ask Hon. Junet, he does not know that Kambakoche is lobster. Therefore, I am knowledgeable on fish just as anybody who has lived around the fishing areas. Thank you. view
• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hopefully, the Member does not expect me to give a Statement now. I will endeavour to deliver it after the short recess, I think on Thursday. Having said that, we had a similar Statement last week. The Member for Bahari wanted to know the effect and the impact of the ban on the fishermen. There we stated very clearly that it was not a ban. It was an advisory by the Ministry’s Meteorological Department to the fishermen because of the weather conditions then. It was, in fact, not a ban. Because some of our farmers usually ... view
• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: it was appropriate and very timely for the Meteorological Department to issue such an advisory for the fishermen to be extra careful. It was not a ban as such. So, there is no ban in place as far as fishing is concerned, either on the shores of the Indian Ocean or the inland lakes. view