Rivalry among traders behind Kenya-Uganda fish export row

Fish traders in Busia sort salted fish from Lake Turkana on Wednesday. The fish is repackaged and exported to the Democratic Republic of Congo. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

Jackline Obuya, a fishmonger based in Busia town, has been making frantic phone calls to relatives and friends asking them for money to repay a bank loan.

She took the loan five months ago seeking to expand her fish business, but the bank she borrowed from has lately been on her neck.