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ANOTHER BRIGHTER DAY FOR MOMBASA RESIDENTS

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Kenya port Authority was established in January 1978 under an Act of the parliament, KPA is mandated to” Manage,maintain,regulate , improve and operate all scheduled seaports “ on the indiani ocean coastline of Kenya , including kilindini harbor at Mombasa. And other KPA that includes Lamu , Malindi , Kilifi , Mtwapa , Kiunga , shimoni, Funzi and Vanga.

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Back in 2019 president Uhuru Kenyatta launched the extended standard gauge railway (SGR) to offer services from Mombasa to the Naivasha Inland Container Depots (ICDs), promising faster transportation of cargo to western Kenya and on to neighbouring countries. He also put in place various policies to protect SGR but instead it ended up hurting transporters who lost thousands of jobs at the Kenyan coast. This was to ensure the SGR has minimum guaranteed business to repay the KSH450 billion debt taken to build it, traders were forced to use the modern railway line. 

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 But today Mombasa residents are smiling all over after the Fifth President of Kenya William Ruto returned all port operations transferred to Nairobi and Naivasha inland container depots (ICDs) to Mombasa , speaking on Tuesday during his inauguration , Dr Ruto said the move is aimed to restoring thousands of jobs that had been lost in Mombasa. “This afternoon, I will be issuing instructions for clearance of all goods and other attendant operational issues to revert to the port of Mombasa . This restores thousands of jobs in the city of Mombasa ,”said Dr Ruto . 

Mombasa port has agreet economical impact to the people of Mombasa county , it has lead to development of roads which gave the Mombasa youth and young aldults an optunity to work along in the construction of the road and earn their living, improvement of social amenities and creation of employment for the skilled and unskilled, for the youths and aldults that’s enhancing growth of the economy. This has also lead to business opotunities along the roads and along the port for example shops, print shops, hotel and also transportation sector.

 

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The Mombasa port has also joined hands with other parterners for building hospitals and schools which are also major sources of employement for the young people, teacher and building sector. This has enabled the economic uplift and optunities for mostly the young people since they are no longer idol but instead working to make their lives better and for their brighter future and this gives pride and happiness for the Mombasa people to have their port back and being able to build the county economy again through the port.