KENYA COAST GUARD UNVEILED

MV Doria vessel being Commissioned by Kenya's President HE Uhuru Kenyatta

The Kenyan Government today commissioned a new Kenya Coast Guard Armed Unit to Combat Sea Piracy and Stop Illegal Fishing in the Kenya Coast as well as Somalia Sea.

Sea Vessel Piracy in Somalia Basin is at its lowest trend after A lot of support from European and Somalia Regional Governments to stop Illegal Fishing and Piracy of Merchant Vessels, who are thought to be the cover for Illegal Fishing off Somalia Coast.

The Kenya Coast Guard will Protect Kenya’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone from illegal invasion or exploitation.

This includes but is not limited to illegal and unregulated fishing, border disputes, piracy, human and drug trafficking, illicit trade, smuggling contraband goods, degradation of the marine ecosystems, through discharge of oil or dumping of toxic waste, sand harvesting destruction of coral reefs etc.

The Kenya Coast Guard Service will also ensure that vessels, seafarers and all users in the sea have the necessary licenses approving their operations at sea, whether work, leisure or business.

This initiative will strengthen our border with a larger and related goal of mitigating its risks of transnational organized crime through increased trans-border intelligence and information sharing

As a result, the service will contribute significantly to managing migration, improve internal security and prevent of cross border crime