Why has Kenya lagged in issuing Seafarers’ Identity Documents (SIDs) as per IMO standards. The future of Kenyan seafarers in global shipping hangs in the balance. @kmakenya@WilliamsRuto@HassanAliJoho@ps_adenmillah we deserve clarity and action.
Dear KMA, the maritime sector in Kenya is under huge distress and bleeding under your watch, with over 10,000 seafarers rendered jobless having lost contracts in Singapore, Malta, Korea, marshall islands and Bahamas flagged cruise and cargo ships.
#DeliveronSIDandMOUs
This has lead too many qualified Kenyan seafarers being idle not because of lack of skill, but because of lack of recognition. Without MoUs and SIDs, our CoCs mean nothing globally. This is not just a delay it’s costing careers and livelihoods. We need action now.
#DeliverOnSID
Dear @KenyaMaritime
Are we truly in the same boat when it comes to growing Kenya’s maritime industry? Or do you not share the dream of maritime prosperity with the hardworking Kenyan seafarers?
#DeliverOnSIDandMOUs@MiBeMa_2022@HassanAliJoho
Dear Kenya Maritime Authority, The KMA act 2006, section 5(1)(K) empowers you to support seafarers welfare. What is the challenge in delivering the MOUs and SIDs that you have already been mandated to issue under our constitution?
Please deliver for the sake of our seafarers and
Dear @MiBeMa_2022, @MaritimeKE & @kmakenya, congratulations on hosting a beautiful maritime themed Madaraka day. In the spirit of celebrating freedom set Kenyan Seafarers free to work and thrive globally by signing the MOUs and issuing SIDs. @HassanAliJoho#DeliveronSIDandMOUs
Our dreams are slowly turning into nightmares and as the Swahili adage goes "ngoja ngoja huumiza matumbo". our jobs and careers are at stake and we call upon and implore KMA to listen to young seafarers voices and #DeliveronSIDandMOUs.
@HassanAliJoho@kmakenya@MiBeMa_2022
Dear Kenya Maritime Authority, The KMA act 2006, section 5(1)(K) empowers you to support seafarers welfare. What is the challenge in delivering the MOUs and SIDs that you have already been mandated to issue under our constitution?
Please deliver for the sake of our seafarers and
Many Kenyan cadets have completed their seatime and obtained their licenses as Officers of the Watch.
But without MOUs and SIDs, they can not be rehired.
We urge @kmakenya and @MiBeMa_2022 to #DeliveronSIDandMOU
Dear brothers and sisters at Kenya Maritime Authority and the state department of Maritime Affairs, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." Kindly deliver on the long awaited MOUs and SID, we need to go to Sea.
#DeliveronSIDandMOUs@kmakenya@MiBeMa_2022