Betty Makena is Kenya’s first ever woman Port Inspector. She is working for the International Transport Federation (ITF) based at the Mombasa Port. She is responsible for the safety and welfare of passengers and crew members ashore.
It is also her mandate to ensure proper employment and living conditions for staff. Speaking to the Saturday Standard, Ms Makena says hers is a physically demanding job that requires her to be fit. “It is a hectic job considering that majority of vessels that call at the port are the modern versions which are large. Therefore, one has to be physically fit to endure the scaling up and down of the ships,’’ she says.
She joined ITF in 2012. She previously worked in the telecommunication department at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). In line, she was the third ITF Mombasa Port Inspector since the country joined the global ports network which today boasts of having 136 inspectors.
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