Night fishing at Lake Naivasha banned to tame illegal gangs

Kenya Maritime Authority Regional Manager Alex Mwongo displays to fishermen from Lake Naivasha a sample of the new number plates that will be fitted on all vessels in the country’s main water bodies [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The government has banned night fishing in Lake Naivasha.

Naivasha Sub-county security committee and the fisheries department said the ban was meant to contain the rising cases of illegal fishing by gangs that have invaded the water body in the last one year.