By Capital News
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Kenya is prioritizing the implementation of sustainable blue economy programs because of the sector’s potential to accelerate the country’s development.
The President said the shrinking land-based resources won’t be adequate to sustain a rising world population in the long run hence the need for countries to factor the blue economy in their development planning.
“From the very onset, there was a very clear recognition for some of us that resources that were going to be available especially in this era of climatic change from land-based resources, we were slowly and slowly depleting through increase in population growth, through desertification and so many other issues,” he said.
The President, who spoke during a meeting of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) held on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, said Kenya is keen on developing its blue economy resources because of the immense potential the sector holds for wealth and employment creation. Read more>>
