Presidential order on repossession of fish landing sites ignoredKenyans are known the world over for their love of ‘nyama choma’but dietary and health concerns have altered preferences in recent years. However, a most important consideration that many may overlook is that fishermen have lost their traditional landing sites and as a result have nowhere to land their haul. In 2015, research that we did at Haki Yetu entitled ‘Nowhere to Land’ showed that there were 51 fish landing sites in Mombasa County but only 14 of them had been gazetted. The fishing industry is supervised and managed by Beach Management Units (BMUs) but despite their best efforts, they continued to lose their landing sites. No one takes them seriously it would appear as not a single landing site has been granted a Title Deed.

Source: Standard Digital April 27, 2019 22:07 UTC