HISTORY OF KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY

Kenya Ports Authority is an investor in Kenya National Shipping Line, a state corporation of
Kenya formed in 1989, currently owned by KPA and three non-Kenyan corporate investors.

In 1989, the government of Kenya brought together the operation and regulation of existing ferry

services, including the Likoni Ferry service at Likoni, Mombasa, into one subsidiary of the
KPA, Kenya Ferry Services. The subsidiary was devolved to the status of an independent Kenya
state corporation in 1998, 20 percent owned by KPA and 80 percent owned by other Kenyan
Government entities.

KPA also owns various sports teams, including Kenyan Premier League team Bandari FC and a
leading basketball club.

In August 2014, Kenya Ports Authority signed a deal worth US$478 million with China
Communications Construction Company (CCCC) for the construction of three Port Lamu berths.
The three new berths will form part of the US$24 billion Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-
Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) and take Port Lamu's berth count to 32 upon
completion.

Primarily, the port of Mombasa is considered as the Principal Kenyan seaport. It consists of the
Kilindini Harbour as well as the Port Reitz on the Eastern side of the Mombasa Island. It also has
the Old Port and the Port Tudor north of the Mombasa Island.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is a state corporation with the responsibility to "maintain,

operate, improve and regulate all scheduled seaports" on the Indian Ocean coastline of Kenya.
Kenya has other ports apart from the main one in Mombasa. All the ports include: Port of
Shimoni ,Kipevu Oil Terminal, Port of Kiunga, Port of Funzi, Port of Mbaraki, Port of
Vanga ,Port of Kilifi, Port of Lamu, Port of Malindi, Port of Mombasa, Port of Mtwapa,
Shimanzi Oil Terminal.