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Agony of Kenyan fishermen tortured by Ugandan troops

Lienora Maita displays a picture of her husband who died as a result of a brutal beating from Ugandan soldiers. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Lienora Maita sits pensively on the bare ground outside her mud-walled house in Rutacho village. Ms Maita, 37, gazes at Lake Victoria whose waters, from a distance, look rather calm.

Ordinarily on such a sunny morning, her husband, Charles Bonny Osodo, would be back from Sigulu Island and counting his catch of the day.

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