The Government is constructing the Regional Centre for Marine Transport and Port Logistics at Kombani in Matuga Constituency, Kwale County at a cost of 607 million shillings.
Currently 82pc complete, the Centre will train students from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo for careers in maritime transport, sea faring, port management and logistics, ship making, marine science, marine engineering, coxswains and other specializations in high demand globally.
Speaking when he inspected the construction works at the Regional Centre for Marine Transport & Port Logistics, Kombani, the Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said the centre is one of the interventions the Government is making to revitalize value chains in the blue economy.
“The centre is one of the interventions the Government is making to revitalize value chains in the blue economy. and empower communities who derive their livelihoods from the maritime ecosystem.” DP Kindiki said.
Other interventions underway include the already disbursed 3.2 billion shillings in grants to fisher folk through Beach Management Units, ongoing construction of the Shimoni and Liwatoni Fish Ports as well as the building of fish markets and fish landing sites in the five counties adjacent to the Indian Ocean: Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu and Tana River.
