How collapse of lakeside economy has left behind decaying towns

Nyambambo Trading Centre at the border between Nyamira and Homa Bay counties. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Old buildings that have clearly seen better days, crumbling graves and an abandoned jetty on Lake Victoria are the only signs that Asembo Bay was once a major economic hub in Nyanza.

Between the 1970s and 1980s, the town, also known as Kamito, was a household name.