Delayed projects leave Kenya's blue economy limping

Kenya Ports Authority has been constructing Fish Port at Shimoni. [File, Standard]

If everything had gone according to plan, last month, we would have launched Shimoni Port in Kwale County, Kenya’s first fish port.

The government has been struggling to implement both Shimoni and Liwatoni fish complex since 2018, meant for processing tuna, without much success.

Both projects are key to the development of Kenya’s blue economy....