I had the opportunity to join Executive Office of The President’s The Oceans and Blue Economy Office(TOBEO) Head, General (Rtd) Samson Mwathethe, who was the chief guest, Coastal County Executive Committee Members, BMU Network Chairpersons and other stakeholders to kick start the public participation activity that will run for three weeks on the above mentioned regulations.

This is an opportunity to tap into this natural resource and come up with regulations that will ease the ways of conducting business in the Blue Economy sector in order to empower and improve the living standards of the people.

Specific to Lamu County, we have set the ball rolling for a massive public participation process, as per law, by reaching out to each and every village in all the wards in the County.

In this initial contact, we have engagedstakeholders that utilize Lake Moa, Lake Kenyatta and Kiongwe to Kiunga not only on these regulations but on the Kenya Marine Fisheries Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMSFED)which is a project that stands to transform the lives of our people, if properly implemented.

The public participation exercise will be officially launched and led by HE Governor Fahim Twaha, who is also the Council of Governor’s Chair of the Blue Economy Sector Committee.

There will be a comprehensive update on the public participation process.

Fahima Araphat,OGW

CECM

Fisheries, Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperative Development.

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