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The training of seafarers in Kenya faces several persistent challenges that limit the country's ability to produce a sufficient number of globally competitive maritime professionals. The high cost of maritime training remains a major barrier, as tuition fees, mandatory certification courses, medical examinations, and safety training are expensive and unaffordable for many prospective seafarers. In addition, training institutions have inadequate and outdated training equipment, including limited access to modern simulators, laboratories, workshops, and practical training facilities required to meet international standards under the STCW Convention. Another significant challenge is the lack of sea time (shipboard practical training), as there are very few Kenyan-flagged vessels and limited opportunities for cadets to secure mandatory onboard training placements. This shortage prevents many graduates from completing certification requirements and delays or hinders their entry into employment. Collectively, these challenges constrain the development of a skilled seafaring workforce and reduce Kenya's competitiveness in the global maritime labour market.
Increase funding and financial support: The Government should establish scholarships, bursaries, and student loan schemes specifically for maritime training to reduce the high cost of education and make it accessible to more young people. Invest in modern training facilities: Training institutions should be equipped with modern simulators, laboratories, workshops, and other specialized equipment that meet international standards, particularly the requirements of the STCW Convention. Expand sea-time opportunities: The Government should collaborate with shipping companies, port operators, and international maritime partners to secure more onboard training berths for cadets. Incentives should also be provided to shipowners who offer sea-time placements. Strengthen public-private partnerships: Collaboration between government agencies, maritime training institutions, shipping companies, and development partners should be enhanced to support training, internships, and employment opportunities for seafarers. Promote the growth of the national shipping fleet: Developing and supporting a Kenyan-flagged merchant fleet would increase opportunities for cadets to gain the mandatory sea-time experience required for certification. Enhance international cooperation: Kenya should negotiate bilateral agreements and partnerships with foreign shipping companies and maritime administrations to increase training and employment opportunities for Kenyan seafarers. Regularly review maritime training programmes: Curricula should be continuously updated to align with evolving international maritime standards, technological advancements, and industry demands. Strengthen policy and regulatory support: The Government should develop and implement policies that promote maritime education, facilitate cadet placement, and support the sustainable development of the country's seafaring workforce.
Ongoing
The recruitment of Kenyan seafarers into international shipping remains constrained by several challenges, the most significant being the lack of sea-time opportunities, which prevents many qualified cadets from completing the mandatory onboard training required for certification and employment. Other key challenges include the limited number of Kenyan-flagged vessels, inadequate placement opportunities through recruitment agencies, high costs of maritime training and certification, strong competition from established maritime labour-supplying countries, lengthy documentation and certification processes, insufficient bilateral labour agreements with international shipping companies, and periodic fluctuations in global demand for seafarers.
To enhance the recruitment of Kenyan seafarers, there is a need to expand sea-time opportunities through partnerships with international shipping companies and the development of a national shipping fleet. Additionally, Kenya should strengthen bilateral labour agreements, improve the capacity and effectiveness of recruitment agencies, invest in maritime training and certification, streamline seafarer documentation processes, and foster stronger collaboration between government, training institutions, and the private sector to increase employment opportunities in the global maritime industry.
Ongoing
The target was achieved; however, maritime training—undertaken by Bandari Maritime Academy and other maritime training institutions under the oversight of the Kenya Maritime Authority—continues to face significant challenges. These include inadequate institutional funding, limited access to student financing through the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), and insufficient sea-time and employment opportunities for trainees. As a result, many cadets are unable to complete mandatory sea-time requirements for certification, leading to delays in qualification, underemployment, and a growing mismatch between trained graduates and industry absorption capacity. This undermines the efficiency of investments in maritime education and constrains the country’s ability to fully harness opportunities within the blue economy.
o address these challenges, it is recommended that the Government enhance budgetary support to maritime training institutions, expand HELB financing to fully cover maritime programmes, and establish targeted sea-time facilitation mechanisms, including partnerships with shipping lines and the potential development of a national carrier to guarantee cadet placements. Additionally, strengthening regulation and performance monitoring of recruitment and placement agencies, alongside bilateral agreements with international maritime partners, would improve employment pathways and ensure that training translates into meaningful job opportunities.
Target on training was achieved with 1,375 seafarers trained.
Lack of an active national carrier to provide sea time and employment opportunities and low- level placement by licensed recruitment and placement agencies.
Establish a national shipping carrier complemented by enforced sea-time quotas and a regulated, performance-based recruitment system to guarantee structured training and employment opportunities for Kenyan seafarers.
Target not achieved. Total number of seafarers recruited due low-level placement by licensed recruitment and placement agencies.
Construction of the project has not commenced due to a court injunction
Expedite resolution of the court injunction to facilitate the contract to complete the project in good time
Ongoing
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| Date | Status | Amount Spent | Performance | Challenges | Recommendations | Comments |
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| 15 Jul 2026 | Ongoing | 47,215,407.29 | 100.0% |
The training of seafarers in Kenya faces several persistent challenges that limit the country's ability to produce a sufficient number of globally competitive maritime professionals. The high cost of maritime training remains a major barrier, as tuition fees, mandatory certification courses, medical examinations, and safety training are expensive and unaffordable for many prospective seafarers. In addition, training institutions have inadequate and outdated training equipment, including limited access to modern simulators, laboratories, workshops, and practical training facilities required to meet international standards under the STCW Convention. Another significant challenge is the lack of sea time (shipboard practical training), as there are very few Kenyan-flagged vessels and limited opportunities for cadets to secure mandatory onboard training placements. This shortage prevents many graduates from completing certification requirements and delays or hinders their entry into employment. Collectively, these challenges constrain the development of a skilled seafaring workforce and reduce Kenya's competitiveness in the global maritime labour market.
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Increase funding and financial support: The Government should establish scholarships, bursaries, and student loan schemes specifically for maritime training to reduce the high cost of education and make it accessible to more young people.
Invest in modern training facilities: Training institutions should be equipped with modern simulators, laboratories, workshops, and other specialized equipment that meet international standards, particularly the requirements of the STCW Convention.
Expand sea-time opportunities: The Government should collaborate with shipping companies, port operators, and international maritime partners to secure more onboard training berths for cadets. Incentives should also be provided to shipowners who offer sea-time placements.
Strengthen public-private partnerships: Collaboration between government agencies, maritime training institutions, shipping companies, and development partners should be enhanced to support training, internships, and employment opportunities for seafarers.
Promote the growth of the national shipping fleet: Developing and supporting a Kenyan-flagged merchant fleet would increase opportunities for cadets to gain the mandatory sea-time experience required for certification.
Enhance international cooperation: Kenya should negotiate bilateral agreements and partnerships with foreign shipping companies and maritime administrations to increase training and employment opportunities for Kenyan seafarers.
Regularly review maritime training programmes: Curricula should be continuously updated to align with evolving international maritime standards, technological advancements, and industry demands.
Strengthen policy and regulatory support: The Government should develop and implement policies that promote maritime education, facilitate cadet placement, and support the sustainable development of the country's seafaring workforce.
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| 15 Jul 2026 | Ongoing | 2,872,402.00 | 100.0% |
The recruitment of Kenyan seafarers into international shipping remains constrained by several challenges, the most significant being the lack of sea-time opportunities, which prevents many qualified cadets from completing the mandatory onboard training required for certification and employment. Other key challenges include the limited number of Kenyan-flagged vessels, inadequate placement opportunities through recruitment agencies, high costs of maritime training and certification, strong competition from established maritime labour-supplying countries, lengthy documentation and certification processes, insufficient bilateral labour agreements with international shipping companies, and periodic fluctuations in global demand for seafarers.
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To enhance the recruitment of Kenyan seafarers, there is a need to expand sea-time opportunities through partnerships with international shipping companies and the development of a national shipping fleet. Additionally, Kenya should strengthen bilateral labour agreements, improve the capacity and effectiveness of recruitment agencies, invest in maritime training and certification, streamline seafarer documentation processes, and foster stronger collaboration between government, training institutions, and the private sector to increase employment opportunities in the global maritime industry.
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| 29 Apr 2026 | Ongoing | 2,442,010.00 | 100.0% |
The target was achieved; however, maritime training—undertaken by Bandari Maritime Academy and other maritime training institutions under the oversight of the Kenya Maritime Authority—continues to face significant challenges. These include inadequate institutional funding, limited access to student financing through the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), and insufficient sea-time and employment opportunities for trainees. As a result, many cadets are unable to complete mandatory sea-time requirements for certification, leading to delays in qualification, underemployment, and a growing mismatch between trained graduates and industry absorption capacity. This undermines the efficiency of investments in maritime education and constrains the country’s ability to fully harness opportunities within the blue economy.
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o address these challenges, it is recommended that the Government enhance budgetary support to maritime training institutions, expand HELB financing to fully cover maritime programmes, and establish targeted sea-time facilitation mechanisms, including partnerships with shipping lines and the potential development of a national carrier to guarantee cadet placements. Additionally, strengthening regulation and performance monitoring of recruitment and placement agencies, alongside bilateral agreements with international maritime partners, would improve employment pathways and ensure that training translates into meaningful job opportunities.
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Target on training was achieved with 1,375 seafarers trained.
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| 29 Apr 2026 | Ongoing | 918,030.00 | 52.0% |
Lack of an active national carrier to provide sea time and employment opportunities and low-
level placement by licensed recruitment and placement agencies.
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Establish a national shipping carrier complemented by enforced sea-time quotas and a regulated, performance-based recruitment system to guarantee structured training and employment opportunities for Kenyan seafarers.
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Target not achieved. Total number of seafarers recruited due low-level placement by licensed recruitment and placement agencies.
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| 09 Mar 2026 | Ongoing | 0.00 | 0.0% |
Construction of the project has not commenced due to a court injunction
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Expedite resolution of the court injunction to facilitate the contract to complete the project in good time
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| 09 Mar 2026 | Ongoing | 359,309,600.00 | 100.0% |
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Target was completed during Q2 of the FY 2025/26
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| 09 Mar 2026 | Ongoing | 140,535,816.93 | 85.0% |
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On schedule
The progress is as follows:
• Substructure works completed
• Superstructure works completed
That is, structural framework for NAMARET is completed
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| 09 Mar 2026 | Ongoing | 267,675,564.00 | 85.0% |
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Intent to plan the Indian Ocean gazette notice published; legal review and draft MSP regulations finalized; Key thematic technical areas identified and analytical framework developed; MSP portal development is ongoing; data collection and compilation done; and cloud server procured from the National server provider at Konza city
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| 09 Mar 2026 | Ongoing | 408,123,414.45 | 50.0% |
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Completion rate for the landing sites is as follows: Kidongo- 59.68%; Mukowe 36.20%; Kipini 47.92%; Kilifi Central 58.31%; and Mwaepe 46.44%.
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| 09 Mar 2026 | Ongoing | 561,501,473.00 | 69.0% |
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On schedule
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