Kenya to protect underwater historic locations

Scuba diver.

A scuba diver admires fish at the seabed. PHOTO | FILE

Kenya is set to ratify the Unesco 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage as it seeks to build an underwater museum, a first in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Cabinet has approved the adoption of the convention giving way for the National Museum of Kenya (NMK) and other stakeholders to hasten tapping of maritime and underwater cultural heritage sites for the benefit of Coastal communities and the country at large.