Stand out from the crowd in fish leather shoes

Fish skin used to make shoes on display during the launch of the Kenya Footwear Manufacturers Association Strategic Plan on February 28, 2017. [File, Standard]

It is 6 am on the shores of Lake Victoria where a group of women are sorting sacks of fish wastes, others scaling and fleshing fish skin.

A group of 17 women dubbed ‘Obunga Dry Fish Women’ Obunga slums came together five years ago to start selling fish, but realised there was also more money to be made from fish waste while conserving the environment.