Do you think this song and laughter will last past 2022?
President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Mombasa to officially launch the Kenya Coast Guard Service and the host governor Hassan Joho was at hand to welcome him to the coastal city after they became buddies earlier in the year.
The two shook hands warmly as the president arrived at the event and could be seen calmly and humbly following through the activities as any other followers do when the president is around town.
President @UKenyatta arrives at Liwatoni, #MombasaCounty to launch the Kenya Coast Guard Service as part of the broad Blue Economy strategy. The service is tasked with the management and enforcement of laws in #Kenya’s internal and territorial waters #BlueEconomyKE @WilliamsRuto pic.twitter.com/Pgjf7yKM5J
— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) November 19, 2018
This is amazing! Right?
The Mombasa Governor who was prior to the 2013/17 election was an adent follower of Raila Odinga and a fierce critic of the Uhuru Kenyatta government has become a close friend of the president with the two recently visiting Paris for the peace forum a week ago.
The two are attending the Annual Peace Forum, an event that is part of commemoration of the end of the first World War. Mombasa county government showcased its Kumekucha initiative, a programme aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism in the coastal city.
Kenya Coast Guard Service will be responsible for among other things, protecting the country’s waters against dumping of harmful wastes and pollutants, search and rescue services, and the arrest of illegal fishermen.
This follows estimatin that the country loses at least a lot of revenue annually due to illegal and criminal activities at sea, and the Coast Guard Service is expected to keep the seashores safe from aggression and illegal commercial activities.
Brigadier Vincent Naisho Loonena was already appointed as the first ever Director General of the Kenya Coast Guard Service though he will do it on an acting capacity.
This follows estimatin that the country loses at least a lot of revenue annually due to illegal and criminal activities at sea, and the Coast Guard Service is expected to keep the seashores safe from aggression and illegal commercial activities.
Only time will tell if this will be the same but as they say in politics, there aren’t permanent friends and enemies, just common interests.