How Uhuru saved Mombasa City from delisting; Report
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Uhuru saved Mombasa City from delisting from world ranking in the list of island cities worldwide
Uhuru saved Mombasa City from delisting from world ranking in the list of island cities worldwide.
The revelation was made through The Status of The Built Environment Report (2023) published by The Architectural Association of Kenya.
In the report, Former President Uhuru Kenyatta was lauded for saving Mombasa city by constructing the Ksh45 billion Makupa Bridge.
Before the bridge was constructed, Kenyans from the mainland used to access the island through Makupa Causeway that was built in 1929 by the colonial government.
Makupa Causeway bridge was flagged down by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as it interfered with the marine ecosystem.
The decline of marine tourism nearly cost Mombasa it status as an island city.
The interference happened due to the water flow restriction resulting in an impediment of the natural oceanic waves and the free flow if aqueous oxygen.
This resulted in the damaging of fish breeding grounds in the Indian Ocean.
In order to save the city, Uhuru launched Makupa Bridge which adhered to UNESCO standards on August 4, 2022.
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The Makupa Bridge design comprises two four-lane parallel bridges with a width of 20 meters each, an extra two-meter rail for non-motorized traffic, and a pedestrian footpath.
To preserve fish breeding grounds, it allows seawater to flow freely connecting Tudor and Port Reitz creeks.
For an island to be recognized as a city by UNESCO, it must demonstrate an element of environmental conversation.
“The town must be an outstanding example of sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change,” UNESCO reveals its criterion.
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