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Illegal fishing blamed for conflict in Lake Turkana

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Traders weigh fish at Lake Turkana. Fishing in the lake has resumed after the local county government lifted a six-month ban. [File, Standard]

Stakeholders and county officials from Turkana and Marsabit have blamed illegal fishing for a prolonged conflict in Lake Turkana.

Fishermen, traders, as well as officials from the Kenya Fisheries Services, Department of Fisheries in Turkana and Marsabit counties, the Ministry of Interior, and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), met in Lodwar on July 25 to deliberate on issues facing the sector.

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