Latest Updates
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Project Technical Advisory Committee hold quarterly meeting
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Women’s group earning more from octopus sales
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Group hopes to give back to the community through goat-rearing
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Advances made in preparations for the National Marine Spatial Plan for Kenya
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Over 300 benefit from scholarships
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KEMFSED team joins community in tree-planting
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Scholarship ignites Zahra’s passion for pursuing a career in law
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Aspiring civil engineer’s triumph over adversity
Welcome to Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED)
Kenya Marine Fisheries Socio-economic Development (KEMFSED) is a project facilitated by the Government of Kenya jointly with the World Bank. The project targets five (5) counties which are along riparian (Indian Ocean) namely; Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu.
Project Development Objective
To improve management of priority fisheries and mariculture and increase access to complementary livelihood activities in coastal communities.
Know Who We Are
Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED)
The Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development (KEMFSED) project is implemented by Government of Kenya, through the State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries with support from the World Bank. The project duration is 2020-2025 with funding worth KSH10 billion.
KEMFSED supports the country in its efforts to leverage emerging opportunities in the Blue Economy.
KEMFSED
Project Components
Enhancing Livelihoods
Success Stories
Group hopes to give back to the community through goat-rearing
Salma cuddles and lovingly strokes a days-old kid, as she watches scores of goats rush out of their large pen.
This kid, one of several new-borns, heralds a bright future for Salma and other members of Markaz Albayan, a self-help group at Ras Kitao on Manda. The group is defying the odds to keep a healthy herd of goats.
Women’s group earning more from octopus sales
Thanks to freezers and coolers brought with a KEMFSED grant, a women’s group in Lamu can preserve and transport their catch to markets, turning the tables on middlemen and earning more for their efforts. Shanga Ishakani Women Fishers Group is one of over 60 groups that have benefitted from the community grants.
Amina Ahmed has been fishing Octopus most of her life off the shores of Shanga Ishangani on Pate Island, part of the Lamu archipelago.
Scholarship has given me and my family hope
My name is Jane Kadzo Sulubu. I am a student at the Equip Africa Institute pursuing a certificate course in social work and community development. I am the firstborn in a family of six. Two sisters are in high school, one is not learning, and the other two are in primary school.
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Groups with grants
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Beneficiaries Targeted
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Billion shillings in Round 1 and 2 community grants
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Wards covered in 5 Counties
Project Activity Highlights
KEMFSED
Uvuvi House – This will House State Department for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Blue Economy SDFA&BE, KeFS, Kenya Fish Marketing Authority, Kenya Fish Levy Trust fund, etc.
Refurbishment of county offices -Identifying needs and gaps inhibiting growth of investment in marine fisheries and aquaculture in the counties.
Landing Sites – Infrastructure development enhancing investment in marine fisheries and aquaculture in the Project counties.
Strategic Partners
KEMFSED
KEMFSED has formed strategic partnerships with four commercial enterprises implementing aquaculture or contract farming schemes to provide technical assistance to smallholder producers improve their access to markers
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Strategic Partners
KEMFSED has formed strategic partnerships with four commercial enterprises implementing aquaculture or contract farming schemes to provide technical assistance to smallholder producers and improve their access to markets
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