Fishermen flee Kismayu to Kenya in fear of Jubaland poll chaos

International workers Transport Federation Mombasa Port Ship inspector, Betty Makena (left) comforts Seafarers in Mombasa. The seafarers who are Tanzania citizens have escaped from Kismayu in Somalia. Omondi Onyango/Standard

Dozens of fishermen from Kenya and Tanzania are trapped Kismayu in fear of possible electoral violence in Somalia's Jubaland region.

Three Tanzanian fishermen who worked aboard an Omani flagged fishing vessel have arrived in Mombasa after fleeing the coastal city, once controlled by Al Shabaab before it was evicted in 2012.