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• Agriculture theme, Mwasanje hill farms, Taita Hills

  Aerial view (August 2025) of Mwasanje hill in the Taita Hills, Taita-Taveta County (file coordinates about 3.38 S, 38.33 E): small terraced plots and fields, scattered trees, tin-roofed homesteads and a dirt road in the foreground, with rocky hilltops behind.

• AIAA Region 2 Conference 2024 Manuscript March 5 Kurt Gugelev Shapiro

  AIAA Paper written by Kurt Gugelev-Shapiro on the legacy of space exploration in Kenya, and why a new spaceport makes sense

• Air separation unit near Cape Canaveral

  Air Liquide air separation unit (ASU) plant at Merritt Island, Florida, a few miles from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, photographed in February 2019 by N2e and published on Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AirLiquideASUplant,Florida.jpg).

• Arts and Creative Sector theme, Heartfelt Message mural, Mombasa

  A street mural on the end wall of a building in Mombasa, August 2020: a red heart framing one hand reaching down to another, the words "Helping those in need is not charity, it's humanity", and a graffiti-lettered "Humanity" below, with a child cycling past.

• Arts and Creative Sector theme, Lamu Cultural Festival donkey race

  The donkey race at the Lamu Cultural Festival in Lamu Old Town, 26 November 2022: a young rider on a donkey comes down a paved seafront street between crowds of spectators on walls and steps, with a festival marquee and green flags behind.

• Arts and Creative Sector theme, mural of a woman and a dhow, concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of a street mural on a roadside boundary wall in Mombasa at dusk: a woman blows a wisp of light that becomes the sail of a dhow on the sea.

• Auditor General report on Kenya Ferry Services 2016 2017

  Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Kenya Ferry Services Limited for the year ended 30 June 2017, Office of the Auditor-General.

• Bandari Magazine July 2026

  Bandari, the Kenya Ports Authority house magazine, July 2026.

• Blue Economy theme, fishers off Shimoni

  Fishers on a traditional outrigger canoe (ngalawa) with a furled sail in clear turquoise water near Shimoni, Kwale County (November 2012), with a mangrove tree standing in the water on the left, a second outrigger, moored dhows and motor boats behind, and a mangrove-lined shore o

• Bottlenose dolphin at Kisite Mpunguti Marine Park

  A dolphin photographed underwater while swimming with dolphins at Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park, Kenya, on 8 October 2009 by Hugh Lunnon, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SwimmingwithDolphins.jpg).

• Broglio Space Centre Malindi

  The Italian Space Agency (ASI) building at the Luigi Broglio Space Centre, Malindi, Kenya, photographed on 14 February 2018 by Juan Kulichevsky and published on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10644906@N04/40407193701/), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/

• CASE STUDY FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ESTABLISH AN EQUATORIAL IAC

  CASE STUDY FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ESTABLISH AN EQUATORIAL SPACEPORT by Meshack Ndiritu & Selina Hayes

• Cashew tree in Meconta, Mozambique

  A cashew tree in Meconta District, Nampula Province, Mozambique, 25 November 2016.

• Civic Engagement theme, Mkunguni Square, Lamu

  Mkunguni Square in Lamu Old Town, the town's traditional public meeting place, with residents seated on the stone bench (baraza) around the large Mkungu tree and shops behind.

• Crops (Nuts and Oil Crops) Regulations 2020

  The Crops (Nuts and Oil Crops) Regulations, 2020, Legal Notice 164 of 2020, as revised by Kenya Law to 14 February 2025 (https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/act/ln/2020/164/eng@2025-02-14/source.pdf).

• Dhow building in Lamu

  A craftsman building a wooden dhow in Lamu, Kenya, photographed on 10 February 2022 by Abdulhakim2022, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DhowbuildinginLamu.jpg).

• Draft National Cotton Textile and Apparel Policy 2024

  Draft National Cotton, Textile and Apparel (CTA) Policy, 2024, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, State Department for Industry, published for public participation in November 2024.

• Drinking water delivery man in Mombasa

  A man delivering drinking water in jerrycans on a handcart in Mombasa, photographed by Tmaokisa on 25 February 2020 for Wiki Loves Africa 2020, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DrinkingwaterdeliverymaninMombasa.jpg).

• EDIC Economic Development Investment Council project brief September 2026

  Project Brief: Economic Development Investment Council, a one-page overview of the Economic Development and Investment Council for Greater Mombasa (EDIC), September 2026: its four-step model, the funding it seeks, and evidence from the Coast pilot in 2025 and 2026 (nine project c

• EDIC Mombasa Industrial Area Solar Micro Grid project brief 2026

  Project Brief: Mombasa Industrial Area Solar Micro-Grid, a one-page concept note by the Economic Development and Investment Council for Greater Mombasa (EDIC), October 2026.

• EDIC Mombasa Tea Value Addition and Export Platform project brief 2026

  Project Brief: Mombasa Tea Value-Addition and Export Platform, a one-page concept note by the Economic Development and Investment Council for Greater Mombasa (EDIC Pwani) and the Mombasa Investment Corporation, 2026.

• EDIC Mombasa Water Transport System project brief March 2026

  Project Brief: Mombasa Water Transport System, a two-page concept note by the Economic Development and Investment Council for Greater Mombasa (EDIC) with the County Government of Mombasa as co-sponsor, March 2026.

• Education and Skills theme, secondary school at Mambrui

  A two-storey secondary school building at Mambrui, Kilifi County, seen across a large dusty playing field where young people play football at a distance under an overcast sky, with coastal bush behind.

• Energy (Electricity Market, Bulk Supply and Open Access) Regulations 2026

  The Energy (Electricity Market, Bulk Supply and Open Access) Regulations, 2026, Legal Notice 79 of 2026, commenced 8 May 2026, as published by Kenya Law at https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/act/ln/2026/79/eng@2026-05-08/source.pdf .

• Energy (Net Metering) Regulations 2024

  The Energy (Net-Metering) Regulations, 2024, Legal Notice 104 of 2024, made under the Energy Act 2019, consolidated text from Kenya Law as at 26 July 2024.

• Energy theme, transmission line in Tsavo East

  A high-voltage transmission line on lattice pylons crossing dry bush in Tsavo East National Park, photographed in December 2011 south of the Voi River and east of Aruba Dam, near Voi (Taita-Taveta County).

• EPZA Annual Performance Report 2023

  EPZ Annual Performance Report year 2023 (popular version), Export Processing Zones Authority, November 2024.

• Governance and Devolution theme, Voi town from above

  Rooftop view over the centre of Voi town, Taita-Taveta County, looking west to the Taita Hills, January 2021: low commercial buildings, tin roofs and a few taller blocks.

• Health theme, Safari Doctors health worker taking a blood pressure reading, Lamu

  A health worker takes a woman's blood pressure at a Safari Doctors mobile clinic in a village in Lamu County.

• Health theme, Safari Doctors mobile clinic boat in Lamu

  A Safari Doctors mobile-clinic boat pulled up at a rocky, mangrove-fringed shore in Lamu County, with villagers queuing at the waterline and a row of children seen from behind in the foreground.

• Housing theme, Kilifi homestead

  A rural homestead in Kilifi County (November 2023): a single-storey house with red mud walls and a corrugated iron roof, goats resting in the red-earth yard, seen through aloe and green shrubs.

• Industry theme, Mombasa storage tanks from Changamwe

  View across the water from Changamwe on the Mombasa mainland (December 2012) towards Mombasa island: a long row of large white fuel and bulk storage tanks and low industrial sheds along the shore, electricity pylons in the foreground and the city's tower blocks behind.

• Integrated National Transport Policy 2024

  Updated Integrated National Transport Policy, Ministry of Roads and Transport, Republic of Kenya, March 2024 (version prepared for strategic environmental and social assessment).

• Kenya Cashew Nut Initiative two page brief 2026

  Kenya Cashew Nut Initiative (KCNI), a two-page brief by Agri Advance, a division of GDI Africa, 2026.

• Kenya National Energy Compact 2025 2030 draft

  Kenya National Energy Compact 2025-2030, Draft 2 dated 2 July 2025, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, State Department for Energy (file created 22 August 2025).

• Kenya PPP Projects Progress and Status Report June 2026

  Kenya PPP Projects Progress and Status Report as at 30 June 2026, PPP Directorate, National Treasury (uploaded August 2026).

• Kenya Space Bill 2024 second draft

  The Kenya Space Bill, 2024, reviewed second draft, published by the Kenya Space Agency (PDF created 5 February 2024).

• Kilifi County Integrated Development Plan 2023 2027

  Kilifi County Integrated Development Plan 2023-2027, Accelerating Socioeconomic Transformation for Inclusive Growth, County Government of Kilifi, May 2023 (copy hosted by the Council of Governors' Maarifa Centre).

• KIPPRA DP230 Employment Creation Potential of the Tea Sector in Kenya

  Assessing the Employment Creation Potential of the Tea Sector in Kenya, KIPPRA Discussion Paper No.

• Kitesurfing at Diani during the Kenya Kite Cup 2022

  Kitesurfing during the kaskazi season at Diani Beach, Kwale County, during the Kenya Kite Cup on 29 January 2022, photographed by Lebu Ayiga, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KitesurfingduringtheKaskaziSeason-KenyaKiteCup2022.jpg).

• KMFRI Mangrove linkages to coral reef and seagrass ecosystem services in Mombasa and Takaungu

  Mangrove linkages to coral reef and seagrass ecosystem services in Mombasa and Takaungu, Kenya, by J.

• KNBS 2019 Census Volume I

  2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2019.

• KNBS 2019 Census Volume IV

  2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2019.

• KNBS Kenya Facts and Figures 2026

  Kenya Facts and Figures 2026, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, April 2026.

• KPA Annual Report 2020 2021

  Kenya Ports Authority Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2021 (first page header reads 2018/2019 but the content is 2020/21).

• KPA KRA joint communique on Port of Mombasa efficiency November 2025

  Joint Communiqué between the Kenya Ports Authority and the Kenya Revenue Authority on Measures to Enhance Efficiency at the Port of Mombasa, signed 6 November 2025 at KPA headquarters (scanned, 4 pages).

• KPA Performance Contract 2025 2026

  Performance Contract between the Government of Kenya and the Board of Directors of the Kenya Ports Authority for 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 (PDF dated 15 September 2025).

• KPA Strategic Plan 2023 2028 popular version

  Kenya Ports Authority Strategic Plan 2023/24 to 2027/28, popular version.

• KPA Tide Tables and Port Information 2026

  Tide Tables and Port Information 2026, Kenya Ports Authority (file created 31 December 2025).

• KWS Conservation Fee October 2025

  Kenya Wildlife Service conservation fee schedule effective October 2025 (uploaded by KWS in May 2026), one page.

• Lamu Oil Refinery groundbreaking

  President William Ruto and Aliko Dangote unveil the plaque at the groundbreaking of the Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals SEZ, Mokowe, Lamu County, on 30 September 2026.

• Lamu Spaceport

  Visualization of the possible Lamu Spaceport

• Land and Environment theme, Lamu mangroves

  A dense stand of mangroves with prop roots in calm, clear water under a blue sky; the title says Lamu, but the file has no coordinates or exact place (Wiki Loves Africa 2022).

• Malindi Textiles and Fashion Incubation Centre concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of a fashion incubation studio in Malindi, with designers at work under timber arches, from the Pwani 2050 proposal by Jay Shapiro.

• Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Strategic Plan 2023 2027

  Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Strategic Plan 2023-2027 (final print), Government of Kenya, published December 2024.

• Mombasa Convention Centre concept illustration

  An AI-generated concept illustration of a waterfront convention and exhibition centre in Mombasa, with exhibition tents, a truck marshalling area and the harbour behind.

• Mombasa County Annual Development Plan 2024 2025

  Mombasa County Annual Development Plan 2024/2025, County Government of Mombasa, 2024.

• Mombasa County Annual Development Plan 2026 2027

  Mombasa County Annual Development Plan 2026/2027, County Government of Mombasa.

• Mombasa County Integrated Development Plan 2018 2022

  Mombasa County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022, published by the County Government of Mombasa.

• Mombasa County Integrated Development Plan 2023 2027

  Mombasa City County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) 2023-2027, published by the County Government of Mombasa in 2023.

• Mombasa electric ferry concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of an electric solar-roofed catamaran ferry on a Mombasa creek, from the Pwani 2050 proposal by Jay Shapiro.

• Mombasa industrial area near Changamwe from the air, 1994

  Aerial view of Mombasa's mainland industrial area around Moi International Airport, with factory roofs, a railway yard and refinery tanks, 11 August 1994.

• Mombasa International Cruise Terminal concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of a cruise terminal at Mombasa with Swahili arches and two cruise ships alongside, from the Pwani 2050 proposal by Jay Shapiro.

• Mombasa Old Town covered street concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of a covered Old Town street in Mombasa at night, with a glass canopy, lanterns, musicians and food stalls, from the Pwani 2050 proposal by Jay Shapiro, inspired by Clarke Quay in Singapore.

• Mombasa port container cranes

  Ship-to-shore container cranes at the Port of Mombasa, photographed on 31 July 2015 by Stuart Price for the Kenyan Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism (MEAACT), released into the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015

• Mombasa port container terminal 2015

  General view of the Port of Mombasa, 31 July 2015, photographed by Stuart Price for the Kenyan Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism (MEAACT), released into the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AgeneralviewofMombasaPor

• MOWASSCO desalination feasibility study RFP clarification 2024

  Addendum/Clarification 2 to the Request for Proposal for a Feasibility Study for Desalination of Sea Water, issued by the Mombasa Water Supply and Sanitation Company (MOWASSCO), June 2024 (PDF created 21 June 2024).

• MyGov 4 August 2026 Lamu oil refinery

  MyGov weekly review, Issue 5/2026-2027, published by the Government Advertising Agency (Government of Kenya), 4 August 2026.

• MyGov 6 October 2026 Dangote Lamu oil refinery by the numbers

  MyGov weekly review, Issue 14/2026-2027, published by the Government Advertising Agency (Government of Kenya), 6 October 2026.

• National Museums and Heritage Act 2006

  National Museums and Heritage Act, 2006 (Cap.

• National Treasury Tax Expenditure Report 2024

  Tax Expenditure Report 2024, The National Treasury and Economic Planning, September 2024.

• Physical and Land Use Planning Act 2019

  Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019 (Cap.

• Port of Mombasa bulk carrier in Kilindini Harbour

  A bulk carrier at anchor in Kilindini Harbour, Port of Mombasa, photographed on 7 September 2011 by Andrew Thomas and published on Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PortofMombasa.jpg).

• Port of Mombasa quay 2015

  Containers, trucks and railway sidings inside the Port of Mombasa, 31 July 2015, photographed by Stuart Price for the Kenyan Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism (MEAACT), released into the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki

• Ports and Logistics theme, Port of Mombasa

  General view of the Port of Mombasa (Kilindini) on 31 July 2015 from a rooftop: the bulk carrier Barra at a berth with its cranes, a quay with container stacks (Maersk boxes), blue ship-to-shore gantry cranes of the container terminal behind, and more ships in the harbour under a

• Presidential remarks Mombasa SEZ Dongo Kundu lease signing February 2025

  Remarks by President William Ruto at the signing ceremony of the Mombasa Special Economic Zone (Dongo Kundu) lease agreements between the Kenya Ports Authority, the Special Economic Zones Authority and Afreximbank, 28 February 2025, Office of the President.

• Pwani Express Coastal Rail concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of a high-speed train branded Pwani 2050 running along the Kenyan coast, from the Pwani 2050 proposal by Jay Shapiro.

• Safari Doctors health worker checking a patient blood pressure

  A health worker checks an elderly patient's blood pressure.

• Senate Hansard 5 August 2026

  The Senate of Kenya, Official Report (Hansard), Thirteenth Parliament, Fifth Session, sitting of Wednesday 5 August 2026.

• State Department for Tourism Strategic Plan 2023 2027

  State Department for Tourism Strategic Plan 2023-2027 (version 4), Government of Kenya, published December 2024.

• Swahili inspired waterfront and electric ferry concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of a solar-roofed electric ferry on a creek at sunset, with illuminated towers on the far shore.

• Tea Act 2020

  The Tea Act, 2020 (No.

• Tea Board of Kenya Tea Industry Performance Highlights 2025

  Kenya Tea Industry Performance Highlights for 2025, Tea Board of Kenya, released 2 April 2026.

• Tea withering at Rukuriri Tea Factory

  Workers stirring freshly plucked tea leaves on withering troughs at Rukuriri Tea Factory, north of Embu, Kenya, 14 December 2009.

• TERMS OF REFERENCE TRANSACTION ADVISORY SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL SPACEPORT DECEMBER 20

  he Government of Kenya's Terms of Reference for the PPP tender for the Lamu Space Port.

• Tourism theme, Watamu beach

  Watamu beach, Kilifi County, at low tide in February 2020: a sandy foreshore with seaweed, a dozen small painted fishing and tour boats in the shallows, and the bay's green-topped coral islets beyond under a clear sky.

• Transportation theme, Likoni ferry

  A crowded Likoni ferry, with passengers on deck and motorcycles on the ramp, leaving the Likoni landing for Mombasa Island (February 2020).

• Tudor Creek Barrage concept illustration

  AI-generated concept illustration of the proposed Tudor Creek Barrage from Fort Jesus to English Point, Mombasa, with a park and walkway on top, from the Pwani 2050 proposal by Jay Shapiro.

• WASREB MOWASSCO tariff 2023 2026 gazette notice

  Kenya Gazette Notice 10541 of 11 August 2023: Mombasa Water Supply and Sanitation Company approved tariff structure for 2023/2024 to 2025/2026, Water Services Regulatory Board.

• Water theme, mkokoteni water vendor in Mombasa

  A water vendor pushing a mkokoteni (handcart) loaded with about twenty jerrycans of drinking water along a street in Mombasa, February 2020, with people walking past in the background.

• Water theme, Mzima Springs

  The clear pool at Mzima Springs in Tsavo West National Park, fringed with acacia and papyrus (December 2023).