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Seafarers urge President Ruto to intervene over delayed roll out of SID

Seafarers Union of Kenya Secretary General Atie Swaleh Ramadhan, during a media briefing, Mombasa, April 13, 2026. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Kenya’s continued failure to issue Seafarers’ Identity Documents (SIDs) to its seafarers is not merely a bureaucratic delay; it is a glaring policy paralysis that exposes deeper weaknesses in maritime governance. 

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