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The desolate ports that have cast a pall on lake economy

The situation of backflow of water in Lake Victoria at Homa Bay Pier on August 30, 2022. [James Omoro, Standard]

Rose Langa, who sells, fish on the shores of Lake Victoria, will never forget how her business prospered when ships used to operate in the area in the early 1980s and early 1990s.

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