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Waterfronts planned in Nakuru, Kilifi and Kisumu counties to boost tourism

Mama Ngina Waterfront Park in Mombasa.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Mama Ngina Waterfront Park, formerly Mama Ngina Drive, a seafront open public space touching the Indian Ocean at the Likoni ferry channel was opened last year.
  • The government now has plans to redevelop the Jomo Kenyatta public beach in Northern mainland of Mombasa.
  • The waterfronts are expected to help shore up tourist numbers and present the recreational sites as top tourist destinations in the region.
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The government is investing millions of shillings in establishing waterfronts in the country, in a grand plan to revitalize the tourism that has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Waterfronts will be established in Nakuru, Kilifi and Kisumu counties after the completed Mombasa's Mama Ngina, said the Ministry of Tourism, which will work with the State Department of Housing and Urban Development and county governments.