Fishermen: How we were trapped by Hyacinth for three day in Lake Victoria

From left: Fishermen Samuel Otieno (seated), Raphael Otiu, Kennedy Oluoch and Shadrack Ogutu at the Homa Bay County Referral Hospital on Wednesday night. [James Omoro, Standard]

When four fishermen set sail last Monday, they had no clue that a nightmarish experience awaited them.

Samuel Otieno, 31, Raphael Otiu, 36, Kennedy Oluoch, 27, and Shadrack Ogutu, 28, had heard from other fishermen that the waters in Kajimo were teeming with fish, and this informed their choice to cast their nets wider as the day dawned.