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    Blue Economy Infrastructure Development and Security: A Case Study of Kenya’s Lake Victoria
    (RJI, 2023-05) Lagat, Epapra Kipkemboi; Handa, Stephen
    The blue economy is considered as sustainable utilization of oceanic resources for improved livelihood, economic growth, and job creation while ensuring that the health of oceanic systems has been preserved. In Kenya, the blue economy refers to all activities that relate to coasts, seas, and oceans. This study analyzed Kenya’s Lake Victoria and attempts by the Kenyan government to develop its blue economy through the establishment of the lake’s infrastructure. Lake Victoria’s shoreline is one of the most congested and highly populated regions in Africa content with complex security issues. Security problems such as terrorism, piracy, and insecurity continue to threaten the overall sustainability of Kenya’s ministry of tourism. Therefore, international cooperation is one of the ways that can help counter-terrorism. This paper reviewed some of the major challenges that Kenya is facing in its attempt to develop a blue economy in Lake Victoria. Light was also shed on the blue economy infrastructure development as well as security initiatives that were already in place around the lake region. Implications for the development of a blue economy in the area were also reviewed. Further analysis of the role of the private sector in necessitating the development of the blue economy was also covered. Finally, the paper offered insights on how the Kenyan government through its county governments in collaboration with businesses had implemented successful measures aimed at developing blue economies. The core finding was that the development, expansion, and establishment of Lake Victoria’s blue economy should be guided by economic capacity-building rationales and security measures. The region's blue economy should be strengthened to meet the needs of both the locals and the country as a whole.