Mombasa fishermen demand compensation after loss of Kibarani fishing grounds to developers

Parliamentary committee of Environment and Natural Resources points at the extent of reclamation of the sea by private developers at the Kibarani dumping site which has threatened the marine eco-system and the environment, July 30, 2018. The committee has suspended the entire works of spreading the solid waste into the ocean so as to reclaim the ocean. [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

Hundreds of fishermen in Mombasa County have asked the President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho to ensure that they are compensated over the destruction of the Kibarani fishing grounds by developers who killed the mangrove forest cover.

“We are appealing to government to compensate fishermen for loss of livelihood after the Kibarani fishing ground was destroyed by developers. We also want the grabbed land at Kibarani returned to the Mombasa county government,” Wavuvi Association of Kenya chairman Mr Hamid Omar said.