Are we ready to pluck fruits of the Sustainable Blue Economy conference?

Foreign Affairs PS Amb Macharia Kamau when he inspected KICC where the Blue Economy conference was held in 2018. [File, Standard]

When the Government announced that Kenya will be hosting the Sustainable Blue economy conference in November last year, many Kenyans could not grasp what the hullabaloo was all about. About 18, 810 participants drawn from 184 countries with more than 200 speakers made the glamour of the much-anticipated event a success. Though the majority of Kenyans may not be abreast with the conference resolutions, the fruits of the events are becoming visible.

Among commitments from the conference included the aspect of infrastructure which basically touches on maritime transportation. If well undertaken, this commitment will see the government take deliberate measures to revive Kenya’s maritime transport by building and expanding the ports shipping facilities and partnering with the global shipping lines.