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KMA: This is how we plan to power shipping industry

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The newly appointed KMA Director General, Martin Dzombo Munga. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) is set to roll out the issuance of Seafarers Identity Document (SID) from next month to allow Kenyan sailors free movement round the globe as it targets 250,000 maritime jobs in the international labour market in the next five years.

The issuance of SID is in line with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention number 185 (revised in 2003) which guarantees the rights of seafarers to temporarily enter a country for the purpose of shore leave.

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