KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
FRANCIS K. KOMBE
MSc. (PUBLIC HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY),
LEAD EIA EXPERT-NEMA
HSE Vision
“To attain a clean, healthy and safe work
environment”.
Our procedures and management systems are
geared to ensuring attainment of this vision
1. Introduction
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) was established by
an act of parliament (The KPA act Cap 378 of 1978)
to manage the scheduled Ports along the Kenyan
coast, the largest being the Port of Mombasa and the
Inland Container Depots.
The Port of Mombasa, located at S 4° 3.1’ and E39°
36.8’on the East Coast of Africa.
2. Core Activities
The core activities of the Port include:
 Provision marine services,
 Stevedoring services
 Short-term warehousing
These activities have numerous environmental, health and
safety aspects.
(such as ship waste, oil spill, ballast water, dredging and disposal
of dredge material, air pollution, accidents both human and
machinery, traffic congestion, hazardous cargo, dust, water
quality, noise, occupational illnesses).
They involve intensive use of equipment/machinery and
labour.
3.
HSE Policy
KPA has a policy that guides HSE processes and
procedures which comprises:
 Commitment statements, defines and assigns specific
responsibilities.
 Rules
and regulations made in conformity to legal
requirements, international standards and guidelines.
(KPA is ISO 9001:2008 QMS, ISM certified, ISPS Code
Compliant and is now implementing ISO 14000 EMS)
 Management systems to ensure safe work practices, safe
work persons, conservation
environment among others.
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4. Scope
 Health, Safety and Environment are issues pertinent in many
reputable organizations. The issues are not just crucial to
ensure peace, comfort and motivation of workers but are also
a sign of organizations’ commitment to social responsibility
for well-being and benefit of the whole society and future
generations.
 Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is keenly focused on
remaining compliant with and promoting global environment,
health and safety standards.
This is crucial given the many diverse and extremely busy
operations and procedures that have to be conducted daily at
East Africa’s largest and busiest port in Mombasa City.
5. Objectives
 Protection and conservation of the environment.
 Promotion and protection of the health and safety of the
work force for higher productivity.
 Cargo handling equipment / machinery are safe and readily
available.
The above are the fundamental resources and key pillars of
the productivity and performance at the Port. They support
the achievement of our vision.
6. The Tenets of KPA HSE Policy
 Formulation of procedures and systems to comply with
Environment, Health and
Standards and Conventions.
Safety
Laws,
Regulations,
 Training and educating employees and Port users on
responsible HS&E practices to prevent accidents and impacts
detrimental to the environment.
 Response to emergencies to prevent loss of life, damage to
property and environment and ensure early restoration of
affected facilities and services.
7. Procedures and Processes
 Maritime Disaster Management & Preparedness plans
 Pollution control services
 Port state control activities. (KMA)
 Environmental Assessment and monitoring
 Environment impact assessments and safety audits for all projects
 Equipment/ machinery safety (Inspection and Preventive
maintenance)
 Strict adherence Hazardous Cargo Handling procedures
 Response to Environmental Emergencies
8. Achievements
I.
Compliance to legal requirements, international
standards and guidelines
e.g. EMCA, IMO Conventions
II.
Conservation of the general and work-place
environment
Significant improvement of work place infrastructure e.g.
sanitary facilities, better use and maintenance of yards
and berths, better house-keeping ergonomics and more
efficient monitoring of the safe working environment.
Achievements Cont’d
III. Productivity and its sustainability:
Increase in productivity through enhanced health of
the workforce and proper maintenance of cargo
handling equipment.
9. Challenges
 Resource limitations (capabilities)
 Domestication of International Conventions
(Legal Enforcement)
 Die hard attitudes by some staff and port users
 Social economic factors among others
Parting shot !
From the above account, it is evident that East
Africa’s biggest Port happens to be one among the
largest implementers and promoters of effective and
comprehensive environmental standards in the
region.
KPA remains a role model and shining star not only
in its specialized line of business but also in the
increasingly relevant field of Environment, health
and safety.
THANK YOU.