Kenya can reap big from blue economy

Kenya Ports Authority pilot boat arrives with 6 Kenyans and one Zimbabwean at Mombasa Port. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

The first time I visited Oman in the mid-1990s, the best beaches of the capital Muscat were smelly. Many times, entire beaches were full of dried fish, and you could smell it from miles away. I could not understand why they had so many fish drying up on the beaches.

Then I found out that the fish was being used as fertiliser. Oman was producing more fish than it could eat or sell and a lot of it was rotting. Somehow, Oman got its act together and fishing is now one of its most profitable exports. This story has lessons for us.