THE STANDARD By
Joackim Bwana |
December 24th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Members of KenTrade and the local community at Port Reitz Mkupe during the planting of mangrove seedlings. [Joackim Bwana, Standard]
Chindoro Mwingo, a subsistence fisherman in Changamwe in Mombasa County, is a worried man.
His catch has been on the decline, dropping from 38 kilogramme per day to a paltry two or three.
“Sometimes, we come back empty-handed,” said Mr Mwingo as him and his team embarked on another night of fishing in the Indian Ocean. In his village, some 350 people depend on fishing.
They all know the reason for the dwindling fish stock: mega infrastructure projects coming up on the fish landing sites. The projects have also destroyed 7,000 acres of mangrove trees in the area.