Alarm as mega projects ruin environment and livelihoods
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 t...
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