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Fermented water hyacinth fast replacing firewood for fishmongers

Eunice Anyango, a fish monger at Dunga beach in Kisumu dip fries fish at the beach on January 27, 2018. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

For the ten years that she has been a fishmonger, Eunice Anyango has relied on firewood to fry fish for her clients at Dunga beach.

But when the Government imposed a ban on the cutting down of trees, the fishmonger’s livelihood was put at risk as her fuel of choice became scarce.

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