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Climate change turns Lake Victoria into a furious adversary, leaves community in peril

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Women purchase silver cyprinid commonly known as omena from fishermen at Sindo beach along the shore of Lake Victoria. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Forty years ago, nestled in the heart of Homa Bay County, the small fishing communities of Osodo and my home village in Kochia Ward painted a picture of prosperity.

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