Aquaculture, the future of fishing industry

The Principal Secretary State Department for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Blue Economy Dr. Francis Owino, has said that the future of the fishing industry is Aquaculture because the current water bodies are stressed and over utilized by the growing population. He was speaking during the launch of the Aquaculture Farmers Input and Equipment for extension Services […]

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Land fish at gazetted landing sites only, PS directs

All  fish caught in Kenyan territorial waters must be landed in gazetted landing sites, the Fisheries Principal Secretary (PS), Micheni Ntiba  has directed. Prof. Ntiba at the same time, directed all Beach Management Units (BMUs) to keep manifests of all fishers venturing into the deep sea for accountability purposes. He  said it  was illegal for […]

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Kenya Railways surrenders 23 acres to small scale traders in Kisumu

Over 10,000 small scale traders who were evicted from National government land in Kisumu town can now breathe a sigh of relief after Kenya Railways (KR) surrendered 23 acres of its land to resettle them. The   KR  Managing Director, Philip Mainga on Wednesday handed over the land tittle deed to Nyanza Regional Commissioner (CC), James […]

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Sh. 20 Billion projects set for completion

The  Fisheries  Principal Secretary (PS), Prof. Micheni Ntiba has attributed the rapid completion of some of the Sh. 20 billion public projects in Tharaka Nithi to the seamless team work by the County Development Implementation Coordination Committee (CDICC). Prof. Micheni noted that the projects that had been funded by the national government had stalled and […]

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