The South Korean government in collaboration with Kisumu County is set to construct a ship-building industry to enhance transportation in Lake Victoria and at the same time export some ships.
Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma said that his government is working to set up a cheap ship building industry to reduce the cost of production for the greater East Africa community market, noting that his government was in talks to set up a marine engineering school at Maseno University.
"We are working on a MoU to incorporate Maseno University with South Korean government to start a marine engineering school. We want to explore shipping services, considering Korea has the biggest shipping industry," said Ranguma.
South Korean ambassador to Kenya Choi Donggyou, who was present, said the purpose of their visit in Kisumu was to widen the horizon of Korean diplomacy and celebrate golden Jubilee between Kenya and South Korea.
The ambassador said that tourism in Kisumu is better situated and looking to work with the county government to improve the economy in agriculture, environment, green energy and marine industry.
Ranguma added that plans are underway to construct green houses to improve productivity and curb the problem of food security in Kisumu County.
He said his government is working on special economic zones for companies within Kisumu County to export duty free goods as well as introduction of tax holiday.
The governor said the county government will dedicate land for irrigation and invest in gravity irrigation to increase water flow system.
He said Nyando multipurpose dam will serve Kisii, Nyamira and Kisumu for energy production, irrigation and domestic purposes.