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NAIROBI: Kenya may soon open its ship register to attract ship owners and secure jobs for local sailors, the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has said.
KMA, the maritime industry regulator which operates a closed register, said it was pushing the Government to allow it run an open ship register that would make it easier to lobby for seafarers’ jobs on foreign-registered ships and sea-time training for students. Kenya currently has about 7,000 seafarers who are jobless.
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