Tag: lamu

  • Lamu Fishermen Claim Night Fishing Ban Near Somalia Still ‘Enforced Secretly’

    January 16: The night fishing ban in Lamu, Kenya is still being secretly enforced despite the government announcing last March that it had been lifted, fishermen have claimed. In March […]

  • Kenya’s maritime efforts

    Kenya moves to secure maritime domain. Kenya pledges enhanced maritime security to develop blue economy Kenya’s defense forces will enhance surveillance along its coastline to ensure that development of blue […]

  • New boats for Kenya

    ‘Metal Sharks’ to be used to stop Al Shabaab entering Kenyan waters. US delivers final boats to Kenya Navy to bolster marine patrols By JOSEPH MURAYA NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 – […]

  • CG for Kenya?

    A new CG emerges? Kenya: Bill proposes an armed force to fight terrorism, maritime crime By FRED MUKINDA Kenya could soon have an armed force that will predominantly operate in […]

  • Coastal security after threat

    Pirates have previously attacked resort in Lamu. Kenya police beef up security in coastal region over terror threats The Kenyan authorities on Thursday issued a terror alert following leaked information […]

  • Tebbut kidnapping back in news

    Secret MI6 document suggests British government failed to communicate a threat and later ignored an unjust conviction. Exclusive: UK under pressure over Kenya kidnapping Clayton Swisher, Will Jordan A secret […]

  • Police held back pirate evidence

    Claims British police withheld DNA evidence. Police ‘held back DNA in pirate murder case’ Jerome Starkey British police withheld DNA evidence that could have acquitted a Kenyan hotel worker sentenced […]

  • Ship arrest spotlights drugs route

    Kenyan police are questioning the Iranian captain and nine Pakistani and Indian crew. Ship arrest spotlights Indian Ocean drugs route Stephen Spark Kenyan police are questioning the Iranian captain and […]

  • Foreign Attacks

    Foreign security agencies launched an attack at a pirates’ base situated a few miles from the Kenya-Somalia border, killing and injuring several unknown suspected pirates. The base, near the Kenyan […]

  • Sea Patrols

    Kenya has established six patrol bases near the border with Somalia following the recent kidnapping of two tourists in Lamu. The bases at Manda, Shella, Kiwayu and Kipuni will comprise […]