Graduate’s ingenious poultry and fish farming on the balcony

Robert Mwakio tending to crops and fish being raised in aquaponics culture system at his place in Buruburu. Mwakio is also the inventor of the system and has installed several to many people across the country. PHOTO BY NANJINIA WAMUSWA

Simply amazing. That’s the first thing thought that comes to mind, when you visit Robert Mwakio’s farm in Nairobi’s Buruburu Estate.

Mwakio has developed an innovative way to make use of a small urban space to keep fish and chicken, a form of farming he calls aquaponic poultry.