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THE STANDARD RIFT VALLEY Youths involved in sport-fishing activities around Lake Naivasha are ferried from Karagita landing beach to Ngorongo area in Kasarani for illegal fishing. [Photo: Antony Gitonga] Authorities in Nakuru County stormed Kihoto Estate on Monday night and seized several illegal nets and six fishing boats in a fight on illegal fishing in Lake Naivasha. After the raid, youth protested and engaged anti-riot police officers in running battles, affecting flow of traffic on the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road. The situation was contained. Naivasha Deputy Commissioner Mutua Kisilu said: “We have towed the six boats to the area police station and recovered tonnes of nets despite opposition from the criminals involved.” ....
Email NAIVASHA, KenyaIn May, George Mwaura went fishing with his close friend Babu along the swampy shores of Lake Naivasha, in central Kenya. “Babu was a quiet guy, a nice guy,” Mwaura recalled. “He’s the one who taught me patience. And he was quite good at fishing.” They couldn’t afford a boat, so they’d wade into the water up to their chests to see what fish tilapia, carp, catfish had swum into their nets overnight. “We had a lucky catch that day,” Mwaura said. “But before we got the full catch, the hippo came again.” They’d seen it that morning, its ears and eyes poking above the surface. “We beat the water with a stick to make noise, so the hippo went away,” he said. ....
1 Feb 2021, 14:44 GMT Hippos soak in Lake Naivasha in part of a nature conservancy called Sanctuary Farm that was once dry land. Heavy rains have caused the lake to rise. Now fishermen and hippos share the swampy shorelines, leading to an increase in hippo attacks, which are often deadly. Hippos are mostly docile but can become aggressive when they feel threatened. They kill about 500 people a year in Africa, biting them with teeth that can be a foot and a half long. In May, George Mwaura went fishing with his close friend Babu along the swampy shores of Lake Naivasha, in central Kenya. “Babu was a quiet guy, a nice guy,” Mwaura recalled. “He’s the one who taught me patience. And he was quite good at fishing.” ....
THE STANDARD By Saturday Standard Team | January 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Mud walled classrooms at Pan Paper Primary School in Lugari collapsed recently leaving 780 learners without a place to study. [Standard] Bad weather, teacher shortage and challenges in enforcing social distancing are among teething problems schools are grappling with two weeks after learners resumed classes. Since the end of last week, most areas in North Rift are witnessing short rains and chilly weather that have made it hard to conduct lessons out of classrooms as recommended by the Education Ministry as part of measures to curb Covid-19 infection risks. Some teachers who spoke on condition of anonymity said classrooms are congested but due to the prevailing cold and wet conditions, it would be unhealthy to expose children by having lessons under trees. ....
Pandemic effects: Mothers and daughters pushed into sex work to survive 3 months ago “We have recorded cases where men are sleeping with both the mother and the daughter openly for a fee. Jane (not her real name), a self-confessed sex worker says that 2020 will go down as one of the worst years of her life. The 35-year-old mother of two teenage girls has lost tens of clients due to the coronavirus that saw the Government introduce curfew and ban night operations for bars where she operated from. The single mother from Karagita estate in Naivasha, Nakuru County, has since introduced her 16-year-old daughter to prostitution, a decision she is not proud of. ....