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Glimpse of hope as Lake Victoria's blue economy takes shape

Homa Bay residents and guests at the newly constructed Homa Pier on August 12m 2025. [James Omoro, Standard]

When 60-year-old Joshua Ochogo looks at Lake Victoria every day, he vividly remembers numerous accidents that claimed the lives of many people due to a lack of proper means of transport on the lake.

Ochogo, a resident of Radiro Village in Kanyabala Location, Homa Bay Sub-county, can hardly forget September 21, 2021, when ten people died in a tragic boat accident in Lake Victoria.

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