An consensus has been agreed upon between the National Housing Corporation and the tenants welfare association  in Changamwe ,Mombasa after some tenants were evicted from their houses on over the Easter holiday  sparking rage among the tenants.

Speaking to Baraka fm on Thursday, Benard Chege the chairman of the tenants’ welfare said those involved in  evicting the  tenants did not consult the leaders appointed to represent them.

Chege noted that in order to come to an agreement they had to call for an abrupt meeting with the officer in charge in order to find permanent solution to the problem.

“We had to call for an urgent meeting in order to find a solution to the problem that came to us without any notification.” He said.

He however observed that the national housing officials had filed a case in court due to debts that had accumulated for their tenants and urged them to pay the undisputed debts.

At the same time, the secretary general of the National housing tenants’ welfare NAHOWA Dominic Miguna said that some of the tenants lost their valuable including smart phones, cameras and other household goods during the mishap.

He however observed that they had come to a consensus after the Fridays’ incident and that no eviction would be conducted without their consent.

“We have come to an agreement with NHC officials  and no tenant will be evicted from the premises.” He  added.

The National   Housing   Corporation   (NHC) is a statutory body established by an  Act of  Parliament Cap. 117 with a mandate playing a principal role in the implementation of the government’s housing policies and programs.

It owes its origin in 1953 when the Colonial Government of Kenya created a Central Housing Board through the Housing Ordinance and has assisted Kenyans and Local Authorities in building decent affordable houses through its various schemes such as Tenant Purchase, outright sale, Rural and peri-urban housing loans and rental housing.

Mombasa,KENYA:Security has been beefed up in Mombasa a head of the ODM and Jubilee parties primaries scheduled for this Saturday and 25^th April respectively in the Coast Counties, the Government has said.

Briefing journalists on Friday, Mombasa county commissioner Evans Achoki said police are prepared to curb any indiscipline cases that may arise during the exercise especially in places with high competitions like Changamwe, Nyali and Likoni.

Achoki said police officers will be deployed in every polling station to manage and control the high number of residents expected to turn out in numbers to vote aspirants of their choice.

”I want assure Kenyans more so Mombasa residents that the Government has put in place enough security personnel, no need to panic. We will be everywhere throughout the process to ensure that peace prevails,” he said.

The county commissioner further called on residents to keep off any act that may halt harmony during the party primaries urging them not to crowd the polling stations after participating in the nominations.

”I kindly ask the residents to cooperate during this process, leave the polling stations after casting your vote and please inform the security of any irregularity that you may come across ” Achoki urged.

Aspirants have also been put on watch should they revolt to chaos or make hate speech utterances, with Achoki warning any politician who will engage in such like will not be spared irrespective of their political ranks.

”I want warn that any politician who will make hate speech related utterance will be brought to books. Our security persons will be on the ground to record such which will be used as evidence against you in court,”

”I know that ODM will be conducting their primaries this Saturday, Jubilee will be holding theirs next week, these are two parties with huge followers thus we will not tolerate anything that breach security,’ Achoki warned.

After postponing its party nominations last week, ODM is expected to conduct the exercise this Saturday in Coast counties with aspirants jostling for tickets in different seats.

Mombasa,KENYA:Fishermen in Mombasa County are blaming the  national government over what they term as negligence of the sector.

Speaking to Baraka fm on Thursday Juma Abdalla a committee member in the Likoni Beach Management Unit (LBMU) claimed the money allocated to boost the industry does not reach the targeted people.

Abdalla said the fishermen in the area were affected by the dredging carried out on sea shores for the expansion of the port and adding that the sand dumped in the fishing area has led to environmental pollution.

“Fishermen in Likoni were adversely affected by  dredging that was conducted aimed at expanding the port. This sand dumped led to pollution of the environment.” He lamented.

However Shaaban Matano a fisherman in the area observed that previously they used to get a good catch but that has changed since  dredging was carried out.

“The Likoni residents were the mostly affected as most of the sand was dumped around the Shelly Beach thus hindering fishing here.” Matano declared.

On the other Doctor David Kehara the acting chief Officer from the department of Agriculture Livestock and Fishing Mombasa County said for many years the fishing industry has been done on substance scale taking into consideration the methods used during the fishing expedition in all the six counties.

Kehara said that the county government of Mombasa has constructed a state of the art fish market with a freezing facility aimed at assisting fish farmers preserve their catches to avoid spoilage.

“We have constructed a modern fish market with a freezing apartment that aims at preserving fish from fish farmers. It has a capacity of preserving ten tones.” He said.

According to the Food And Agricultural Organisation survey conducted in 2016 Kenya’s fisheries and aquaculture sector contributed approximately 0.54 percent to the country’s GDP in 2013 while the value of fish exports was about USD 62.9 million in 2012.

The survey also indicated that in 2013, around 129 300 people derived their livelihood from fishing and fish farming activities including 48 300 in inland waters, 13 100 in coastal waters fishing and around 67 900 in fish farming while the total fishery and aquaculture production in 2013 amounted to 186 700 tonnes, with 83 percent coming from inland capture fisheries.

The Kenyan marine waters host a large variety of fish species, including fin fishes: pelagics, such as king fish and tunas and mixed pelagics; demersal species, such as rabbit fish, snapper, and black skin.