Lake victoria

Lake Victoria fishermen to benefit from ‘smart’ boats

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya Shipyards Limited (KSL) has embarked on making 300 new climate smart artisanal boats to promote blue economy activities in […]

Uganda seizes 8 Kenyan fish boats in Lake Victoria

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ugandan security personnel have detained eight fishing boats whose Kenyan owners were accused of trespassing in Lake Victoria. 11 fishing […]

Traders hopeful as KPA revives water transport on Lake Victoria

Reading Time: 3 minutes For over 20 years maritime transport on Lake Victoria has been dormant. There have been little or no maritime activities. […]

Why fishers of Lake Victoria look to the future with hope

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fishers in Lake Victoria are a happy lot and look to the future with the hope following the completion of […]

Lake Victoria wetlands in grave danger – experts

Reading Time: 3 minutes The wetlands along the shores of Lake Victoria in the three East African Community (EAC) partner States are shrinking at […]

Biting shortage of omena hits traders in Lake Victoria

Reading Time: < 1 minute Fears of a complete depletion of omena in Lake Victoria in the next three months are rife, mainly due to […]

Worries as plastics choke life in Lake Victoria

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lake Victoria is chocking under micro-plastics and other forms of pollution like water hyacinth despite persistent calls for quick intervention […]

Coast Guard station launched in Lake Victoria

Reading Time: < 1 minute The government has set up a new Kenya Coast Guard Station in Mbita sub-county, Homa Bay county, to en- hance […]

Tipples by the lake

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Nailantei Norari A cormorant bobs in and out of the water. A hamerkop juts majestically on the jetty at […]

10 people killed after boat capsizes in Lake Victoria

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ten people have died in Lake Victoria after the boat they were travelling in capsized at Usenge, Siaya County on […]