Govt promises deliberate efforts to unlock ocean potential, preserve marine ecosystems for posterity

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has affirmed the government’s determination to preserve the country’s ocean in order to draw better economic benefits presently and in the future. The DP said the ocean is key to Kenya’s economic growth hence the interest in guarding it against destructive activities including climate change and related vagaries. “We have an obligation as the current generation to return the ocean to our children cleaner, richer and more resilient than we found it. That is how profound our obligation is,” DP said. The Deputy President spoke on Wednesday when he officially opened the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa on behalf of President William Ruto.