Bandari College revival a blessing for jobless coastal youths

Foreign Affairs PS Amb Macharia Kamau when he visited KICC to inspect preparations for the Blue Economy conference which took place between November 26-29, 2018. [David Njaaga,Standard]

At the age of 15, I walked into the old Seamen’s Union office on Jomo Kenyatta Road, Mombasa and proudly announced I wanted to join the union and become a seaman. Three burly seamen looked at the skinny young boy and told me to go back to school.