Economy & Politics Department of Fisheries seeks Sh810m in budgetFisheries principal secretary Micheni Ntiba. FILE PHOTO | NMGThe State Department for Fisheries and the Blue Economy is lobbying Parliament to allocate it Sh810 million to set up structures for the Fisheries Council and two funds established under the Fisheries Management and Development Act. The Fisheries Management and Development Act 2016 was assented to on September 3 and became operational on September 23, 2016. Prof Ntiba said both the Kenya Fisheries Service and the Fisheries Marketing Authority require Sh500 million and Sh100 million respectively to be fully operational. He said the underfunding of the ministry budget by Sh3.1 billion will negatively affect activities of the Fisheries and the Blue Economy ministry.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 13, 2017 18:56 UTC