Local fish processing firm clinches UAE market

Jane Apondi prepares her Nile perch fingerlings at Dunga beach in Kisumu county on March 30 2017. The rising population in the region has led to increase in demand of the delicacy which is also cheap compared to other species. Each is sold at sh. 10. PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

A local fish processing firm has expanded its export activities into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong, boosting the country’s exports of processed fish.

CEER Processing Ltd, which initially exported chilled and frozen fish products through its ‘Big Fish’ brand only to the European Union market, has added the two markets after securing financing from the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) early this year.