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From the wooded vessels operated manually, to speed boats using powerful engines, a group of women in Siaya County has made a breakthrough in the business initially dominated by men.
They have ventured into the business by owning several boats, even as they continue to practice the culture that bars women on their menses from accessing the vessels.
Pamela Akinyi got married in 1998 to a fisherman who owned a boat in Nyenye Misori village in Siaya County.
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