Inside Kenya's plan to become central player in ship building

MV Uhuru, which was launched on May 31, 2021. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Kenya is flexing its ship building muscles to compete with two of Africa’s biggest builders - South Africa and Egypt.

Barely a year after the State-owned Kenya Shipyards Ltd (KSL) started operations, the company has already received 11 orders for new vessels from different...