President Uhuru’s Latest Move to Help Improve Kenyans Level of Intelligence

President Uhuru Kenyatta is a man on a mission, a mission to make Kenyan Citizens healthy and intelligent. It has been said that eating Fish improves one’s intelligence.

Fish is among the healthiest foods on the planet. It is loaded with important nutrients, such as protein and vitamin D.

Fish is also the world’s best source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are incredibly important for your body and brain.

With all the above nutrition benefits that come with having fish, President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Monday according to Statehouse Spokesperson Kanze Dena, launch a campaign aimed at encouraging Kenyans to eat more fish.

The Head of State will be in Mombasa to launch the Eat More Fish Campaign after he commissions the newly formed Kenya Coast Guard Service. On Wednesday, Uhuru appointed Brigadier Vincent Loonena as the pioneer Director-General.

“This is an initiative by the State Department of Fisheries that seeks to increase dietary intake of fish in the nation,” said Kanze.

The launch comes at a time when Kenyan fishermen have been complaining of an influx in Chinese fish in the local market as well as from neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania.

Dena also said that the newly formed Coast Guard Service, to be launched by Uhuru at the headquarters in Liwatoni, will help save Sh10 billion lost through illegal fishing.

“The service will protect Kenya’s territorial waters from criminals and the exclusive economic zone from illegal fishing,” Dena said during a media briefing at State House, Mombasa.

It will also be responsible for enforcing maritime security and safety, pollution control and sanitation measures as well as the prosecution of offenders.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has already issued a ban on the importation of fish from China.

Uhuru said the Chinese fish was strangling the local market.

“I have been told about the imported fish from China. It is not possible that we import Chinese fish when our local traders are here,” he said.

Uhuru said though the Finance Bill 2018 was signed to law, it does not mean that imports be replaced with what is available in the local market.

His sentiments come amidst public outcry over the unregulated importation of fish from China.

In June this year, fishermen at Lake Naivasha said the foreign fish had flooded markets and called upon the government to intervene.

The President’s latest move to promote fish eating among Kenyans will surely be a welcomed move among Kenyans as it will in turn help improve sales of local Fish produce.

What other actions should the government take to help promote the fish industry even more?

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