Kenya fights to retain global maritime council seat

World's largest floating Library, Logos Hope before docking at Mombasa Port. The ship from Seychelles arrived in Mombasa with 350 tourists on board on August 22, 2023. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Kenya has intensified the bid to retain its slot in the United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO) council it captured two decades ago.

IMO is set to conduct elections for its 40-member council on December 1 at its headquarters in London. The elections will cover categories A, B and C, comprising 40 members of the council.