Dr. Paul Otuoma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 401 to 412 of 412.

• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will table all of them. I will finish by saying that the Ministry requires more funding for monetary, control and surveillance in the EEZs as well as for the development of a fisheries port and an auction centre. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stated in my reply, we have currently stopped all trawling activities within the first five nautical miles of our Indian Ocean territorial waters. So, if there is such a thing happening there, it is illegal. I also want to state that our continental shelf within Ungwana Bay extends for more than 20 nautical-miles inside. Some vessels get in there due to lack of monitoring, control and surveillance, but I will check to verify that allegation. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as I am aware, we withdrew all the licences for the trawlers in the year 2007. I am going to check out this with my officers, and I will be able to give the House an appropriate answer. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the documents that I tabled, there is information that, last year, the Government bought eight patrol boats, and three of them are in Lamu. I have promised the House that I will go and check. As far as we are concerned, there should be no trawling in our territorial waters. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stated earlier, my Ministry is in the process of developing a marine resource plan and part of the issues that are being raised to improve the welfare of the local fishing community and, more so, within the continental shelf of Kenya, are going to come out very clearly once we launch that thing before the end of September. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, I also come from a fishing community. I am very much concerned about the welfare of fishermen. So, what is happening out there, as the hon. Member asked--- I am going to check on it and I hope that by tomorrow, I will be able to 2394 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 6, 2008 know the true situation on the ground. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that is a different Question. As I said, I have the welfare of fishermen at heart. In the Ministry, we are in the process of coming up with a proper fisheries management plan and I expect that, when I table some of the documents here in Parliament, my colleagues will come out strongly to support them. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are currently holding discussions with the Ministry of State for Defence to come up with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will help us collaborate with the Kenya Navy to come up with something close to the Coast Guards to be able to monitor, control and survey our territorial waters. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, it is due to that concern that the Government banned trawling within five nautical miles. If there is some illegality happening there, I am going to pick up the issue with my counterpart in the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to ensure that the law is enforced. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make an undertaking that, immediately I get that information, I will bring it to the House in the next sitting next week. view
• 19 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to continue from where I left. Just before the House was adjourned, I was saying that, as a nation, we need to respect each other. As a nation, we need to value our cultural diversity, so that we can hold our country together. I know that we have had hard words for each other. We have had bitter words and very unpleasant feelings towards each other, but let us sacrifice all these feelings and forgive each other. Let us stand with Kenya and support it. Let us, please, start the healing process and ... view
• 19 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also voice my ideas on the Motion that is before us. I want to take this earliest opportunity to thank the Almighty God for enabling me to be alive currently and also to be part of this august House. I know many would have wished to be part of this august House, but they are not. I am very glad to God for allowing me to this end. I have no doubt in my mind that this Tenth Parliament is going to go down in history as one ... view