The Canadian government is expected to pump an additional Sh2 billion in to the Kenya Blue Economy Skills Training Programme at the Coast National Polytechnic in Mombasa. KBEST is a seven-year programme expected to support economic diversification in Kenya. The project was launched in November last year with the Canadian government pumping in Sh1.8 billion. The cabinet secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Alfred Mutua said that Canada has pledged additional funding into the programme. “They already pumped in Sh1.8 billion and are again ready to put in Sh2 billion in to the programme, I will lure them to make it five billion,” he added.

Source: The Star February 11, 2023 03:23 UTC