President Uhuru declares war on illegal fishing vessels

Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho (centre) looks on as his Executive officer in charge of Agriculture Anthony Njaramba (left) shows President Uhuru Kenyatta an architectural impression of Mombasa County's Vision 2035 housing project during the opening of the Mombasa ASK show yesterday. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered illegal foreign ships out of Kenya’s Indian Ocean territory.

The President said yesterday foreign trawlers and ships continue to operate along Kenya’s 200 nautical miles Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) and it was time to drive them out. The illegal fishing robs the country Sh10 billion annually.