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Ndeda Island in Lake Victoria, Siaye County. [File, Standard]

Can anything good come out of Ndeda Island? Perhaps the biblical verse aptly captures the stereotype many residents along Lake Victoria had about the barren Ndeda Island.

It was long considered a forgotten place, with only water, fish, and dry sand to show for it. Everything else—from firewood to vegetables—had to be imported from the mainland.