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By Charles Ogallo. The number of Kenyan fishermen and farmers turning to seaweed farming at the Coast is alarming with scientists blaming it on adverse effects of climate change. Experts believe that climate change was taking toll on villagers along the Kenyan Coast who have depended on the ocean for fishing for many decades as fish stocks continues to dwindle. Ali Mwajafa is a fisherman at Shimoni area of Kwale county in Kenya. For the last 35 years Mr Mwajafa says that his family has lived comfortably from incomes he used to get from fishing. Farmers at Mkwiro Seaweed Farm , Wasini Island But things seem to have taken a different turn in  Mwajafa’s life  as trade he claims to have inherited from his late father Shehe Mbwana continues to fall apart. The big catch he once boasted of during his hey days seems to be no more.  The little income he now gets from fishing can not even help him afford a meal a day for his bloated family of

By Charles Ogallo Mombasa Port Containers Terminal  Cargo dwell time and trade transaction costs are set to come down drastically at the port of Mombasa once the government launches a  new  electronic single window platform in October this years. The National Electronic Single Window System being developed currently by Kenya Trade Network Agency-KEN-TRADE , a state corporation under the ministry of National Treasury formerly Ministry of Finance will help facilitate international trade in Kenya. According to KEN-TRADE, the cargo dwell time is expected to reduce to 3 days from the current 8 days. This will therefore reduce trade transaction costs , delay and congestion of cargo that has been the trend at the port as well as border posts. "We are developing a unique system which shall provide stakeholders involved in the international trade transaction documentation with a platform for exchange of trade related documentation electronically". Said Mr Alex Kabuga , the

By Charles Ogallo. Media has played a crucial role in the constitution implementation process in Kenya as the country continue to expect it to keep them informed on developments of legislative and administrative procedures required to implement the constitution. However reporting on devolution has remained a- balancing- act among many Kenya journalists as they try to play their watchdog role in the implementation of the constitution. Journalists at work  The Kenyan constitution has set tight deadlines for the implementation of this new devolved system of governance, with 47 county governments and one national government working independently within a unitary state. Though the on-going political intrigues and holla bulla playing around devolution across the country may have given the media a good time for coverage, delay in implementation of the new system of governance was putting journalists in an awkward situation in terms of communication and resource availabil