Fishing in Lake Victoria’s Siginga beach paralysed as floods submerge landing site

Fishing activities at Siginga beach in Nyatike, Migori County have been paralysed after the landing site was submerged in floods caused by backflow of water from Lake Victoria.

Sigiga Beach Management Unit chairperson Oscar Kajimba on Sunday said the building housing the unit’s office and other services at the beach had partly been destroyed by the floods.

Kajimba said the fishermen were forced to look for a raised ground away from the beach to carry out other activities like weighing the fish.

The BMU secretary said houses around the beach had been submerged by the water from the lake, forcing the occupants to seek refuge elsewhere. 

He appealed to the government to support them.

“Fishmongers are having challenges drying sardine. They are incurring huge post-harvest losses caused by the bad weather,” Kajimba said.