For Nyanza fishermen, it is the best and worst of times

Linet Atieno, a trader carries fish at Pier Beach in Homa Bay town yesterday. The sector along shores of Lake Victoria is feeling the pinch of coronavirus pandemic over rapid drop in fish prices. [James Omoro, Standard]

From Migingo in Migori through Remba in Homa Bay to Usenge and Uhanya in Siaya, fish landing beaches are deserted as the Lake Victoria fisheries sector feels the aftershocks of the coronavirus pandemic.

A dusk to dawn curfew has sent shock waves in the market with the price of fish dropping in some beaches and skyrocketing in other areas as confusion reigns in the sub-sector that feeds more than five million people living around the Kenyan side of the lake basin.