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Pollution making life unbearable for Kisumu fishermen

A Fishermen pulls a huge pile of plastic wastes from Mahanga beach in Mageta in Siaya County on Sunday, February 28, 2021. [Xinhua]

It is 6 am, and James Ochieng’ wades the Lake Victoria water. He is returning home from work, but with nothing to show for braving the cold and waves all night.

Ochieng’ is not new to this trade. He has been a fisherman for 20 years. But clearly, with every passing year, the catch is dwindling. Now he wonders if he should try another occupation.

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