Dr. Paul Otuoma

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (c) For effective communication of the new technologies, my Ministry has planned a stakeholders' workshop in March this year and the information will be disseminated to the communities concerned. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I have also put in place a fisheries policy, where the Ministry is being restructured to link research to development and to ensure that there is continuous dissemination of research information to fishermen and other stakeholders. One of the major focus is recognition of the fact that Lake Turkana is our biggest inland water lake, which can provide fish for the local and the international markets. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (d) In the short-term, research findings have not given us adequate information on how we can eliminate the parasite. However, my Ministry continues to do further research in collaboration with other Ministries in order to look at the environmental issues that are promoting the proliferation of these parasites in Lake Turkana. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the hon. Member has put it, I have already started meeting the stakeholders to come up with a collective solution to the problem that we are facing there. I am also collaborating with the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. We are also looking at how to improve the infrastructure around the lake. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: During the stakeholders' meeting that is scheduled to take place towards the end of March this year, we will invite all the stakeholders. For example, those involved in the infrastructure and the view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4492 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 28, 2009 view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: provision of other services, so that we can adequately exploit the resources of Lake Turkana. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I stated earlier, the biggest problem with the European market is that they prefer fresh fish fillet. That is the kind of market that they target. Because of aesthetic reasons, we do not want our country to be down-graded. Currently, we are rated number one in terms of quality control. Currently, we cannot even satisfy the demand for fish. So, we need to target a market for dried or processed fish instead of fresh fillet and our fish is down-graded for aesthetic reasons. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have said, we have restructured the Ministry. We have come up with various directorates to address issues of quality assurance and aquaculture as major areas. Globally, we have lagged behind. Fish farming is a major component of fish management in other countries. In Kenya, we are handling 1 per cent. That is why, in the restructuring, we have come up with a directorate of fish farming, namely, aquaculture. This will be a major area of growth for us. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: We have already targeted areas in the Coast, Central, Western and the Rift Valley provinces, to make sure that we have quality fingerlings and proper feeds, so that immediately we start disseminating this information, we do not go into a crisis management. We need to come up with a package that will help in contributing to food security in this country. view