Kenya Ports Authority is prepared to showcase what the authority is doing in terms of its mandate, performance and what it gives to the port community and the country as a whole in the coming Mombasa Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) show.
The show is expected to start on Wednesday at the Mkomani grounds.
Speaking on Monday, the assistant chairman of the Mombasa Agricultural Society of Kenya Peter Odera said that what they are showcasing entails things touching on KPA business entities including how they facilitate ship fraternity and maritime trade.
“We have tried to be technical but also bring simplicity because we understand that we have school-going children and people who would want to see the visual part of it,” he said.
He said that in this year's show edition, KPA has unique things which have never been done and experienced in the previous editions including coming up with a beach and the ocean for the show.
There will also be diving activities which they showcase every year informing people how they do salvaging, rescue, welding and repair ships and items that get stuck in the channel of the port.
In the last edition, Odera said that they had a high breed of things including content, a lot of models and practicals.
“The theme of this show which has been running, for now, seven years is the aspect of innovation, something which has become very key so we thought of bringing to the show what we have not had before,”
“And for this case, we decided to do a physical show and tell people what we do at our place of work,” he said.
He said that they have been doing illustrations of oil spills and how they manage them, how they dilute the oils to become soluble but this time they will showcase how this will impact the environment and that is why they even have the mangrove trees.
“We will have a lot of demonstrations from the poolside on how we undertake water welding, salvaging of an item that goes on the water ground and it is going to be exciting,” he said.
In terms of preparation, he said that they took it very seriously and unlike other people who came on the ground a week or two weeks ago.
KPA has been on the ground for a full month because they have a big stand which is 95 per cent done.
“We are ready to showcase what we have and I would like to encourage people to take time and visit us at the KPA stand. We are very proud to be promoting agriculture, technology and trade because this is what the show theme is all about,” he said.
