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Fishermen seek to be exempt from curfew hours

Fish traders scramble to pay for orders from Erick Ochieng, a fisherman at Dunga Beach in Kisumu. [Kevine Omollo/Standard]

Fishermen in Lake Victoria will be among the hardest hit by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s dusk to dawn curfew that took effect on Friday.

This is because a huge percentage of natural fishing activities take place at night.

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