Gati na Mikoko: The Management of Waterfront Lands in Mombasa
Abstract
A
multi-institutional
planning
team
headed
by
Coast
Development
Authority
(CDA)
in
Kenya
initiated
an
Integrated
Coastal
Area
Management
(ICAM)
process
in
1994
on
a
pilot
study
site
of
Nyali-
Bamburi-Shanzu
area
in
Mombasa
with
an
objective
of
providing
a
starting
point for
addressing
urgent
coastal issues
facing
the
area
and
enriching the
dialogue
on
how
to
address
increasing
urgent
coastal
management
problems
nationwide.
The
pertinent
coastal
issues
that
were
profiled
in
a
participatory
and
interactive
study
area
were
urbanization,
decline
in
fisheries
production and
in
water
quality,
erosion
of
the
shoreline,
degradations
of
coastal
ecosystems
and
resource
use
conflicts.
These
issues
were
further
crystallized
in
a
series
of
stakeholder
consultations
with the
planning
team
from
which
management
objectives
and
strategies
to
address
the
issues
have
evolved.
These
proposed
strategies
by
the
team
are
being
implemented
by
institutions
already
in
place
in
Kenya
and
will
be
overseen
by
the National Coastal
Management
Steering
Committee
that
was
formulated
in
a
National
workshop.
It
is
envisaged
that
the
implementation
process
of the
initiative
will
go
along
with
further
profiling
and
generation
of
research
information
that
will
solidify
the
evolution
of a
national
Coastal
Resources
Management Programme.
It
is
also
envisaged
that
this
programme
becomes
part
of
the
other
national
efforts
in
the
Eastern
and
Southern
Africa
region
and
the
Island
states.
Some
of
the
recommendations
emanating
from
the
ICAM
experience
should
to
implemented
in
the region