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sent by Ivan Sache, 09 Aug 2006
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is a statutory body
under the Ministry of Transport. Set up by an Act of Parliament in January 1978,
it has a Board of Directors appointed by the Transport Minister. The KPA was
enlarged in 1986 when it merged with the Kenya Cargo Handling Ltd., an
autonomous state institution, to form a single body responsible for all
aspects of national port development and operations. The Authority’s mandate is
to maintain, operate, improve and regulate all scheduled sea ports situated
along Kenya’s coast. These comprise : Mombasa, Lamu, Malindi, Kilifi, Mtwapa,
Kiunga, Shimoni, Funzi and Vanga.
Mombasa, the largest and busiest port on the East
African coast, is the hub of KPA’s operations. It is a major port of call for
international shipping lines, it serves the needs of governments, business and
industry in Kenya and neighbouring countries including Uganda,
Rwanda,
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern
Sudan,
Ethiopia,
Somalia and Northern Tanzania
(see the KPA website at http://www.kpa.co.ke).
The weekly "Coastweek Kenya" (#2931 of 04 August 2006) reports that a KPA
team will participate in the 27th Kenya Communications Sports Organization Games
- (KECOSO), organized in Kakamega from 05 to 12 August 2006. A photograph shows
the KPA Managing Director Abdallah H. Mwaruwa handing over the flag to team
manager Harrison Lusigi. The flag features the badge of KPA on a light
blue background. This seems to be, unfortunately, only the lower part of the
flag. From the picture, it seems that the upper part of the flag is white or
that something in white, maybe with a black border, top the badge, as shown in
the illustration above.
Ivan Sache, 09 Aug 2006