Government bans fish hawking in Naivasha over health risks

Traders sell fish to motorists along the Naivasha-Nakuru highway near Kinungi trading center in a venture that has employed tens of youths. The departments of fisheries and public have however banned the trade terming it as illegal and unhealthy. [PHOTO:ANTHONY GITONGA/STANDARD]

The Department of Public Health has banned fish hawking along sections of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, terming the trade unhealthy. Public health officers described the manner in which fish was being sold around Naivasha as unhygienic.