President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/buzzkenya.co.ke]

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The Ministries of Defence and Agriculture have been ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta to suspend licenses that allow foreigners to fish in Kenya's waters.Kenyatta's order seeks to reduce illegal fishing and to ensure that foreign vessels allowed to fish meet with the country's requirements.

''Today foreign trawlers enter our waters and return to their countries filled with our fish. This must end until they comply with our requirement for local input.'' President Uhuru Kenyatta said during a Jamhuri Day speech.This new move is aimed at creating employment for Kenyans.Kenya has long suffered the scourge of illegal fishing in its waters by foreign vessels.