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Local leaders demand swift action after a deadly hippo attack on Lake Victoria spotlighted major safety lapses and rising ...
In the picturesque yet troubled fishing villages dotting the shores of Lake Victoria, a shadow looms over the lives of thousands of women. For decades, a deeply entrenched practice known as ...
The body of Duncan Otenga, a third-year Meru University student, was retrieved from Lake Victoria in Homa Bay, days after he ...
Meanwhile, the Lake Victoria Fisheries has warned that the situation is worsening daily. Statistics from the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute show that fish production in the lake has ...
(Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard) More than 1,000 fish cages in Lake Victoria have not been authorised, the State has revealed. Kenya Fisheries officer Robert Wanyama said the owners of the more ...
A third-year university student was killed during a fight among fishermen near Lake Victoria’s Kisaka Beach in Suba North, ...
“Fishing licences apply across Lake Victoria ... fishermen who do not know the imaginary boundaries on Lake Victoria end up in Kenya or Tanzania, but when they are within our territory ...
Lake Victoria is a textbook example. Shared by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania ... driven by short-term economic desperation. Fish stocks plummet. Some resort to explosives or poison to boost their ...
A fisherman was killed on Sunday during a fight among Lake Victoria fishermen near Misori beach in Gembe, Homa-Bay County, ...
In an interview with Global Voices, Evans Odhiambo Oketch, leader of Nguvu Change, sheds light on the water crisis that is threatening people's livelihoods in Kenya.
Lake Victoria, which sits between the borders of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya is one of the ... producing a million tons of fish annually, according to the African Great Lakes Informational platform.