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A past graduation ceremony at Bandari Maritime Academy in Mombasa. [File, Standard]
It is now two weeks since students at Kenya's premier maritime training institute - Bandari Maritime Academy (BMA)- were sent home indefinitely following unrest.
Maritime state agencies tried to stamp out students' protests at the maritime training institution in Mombasa, promising to also push for the issuance of Seafarers Identity Document (SID).
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