Don overcomes poll violence effects to export fingerlings

Fish fingerling breeders work at the Mwea Aquafish Farm in Kirinyaga County owned by Dr Charles Ngugi (inset), a fish scientist. (PHOTO: MUNENE KAMAU/ STANDARD)

When the 2007/08 post-election violence broke out, Charles Ngugi and his wife fled their home in Burnt Forest with only the clothes they had on.

Up to the time of the skirmishes in which about 1,300 people were killed, Dr Ngugi (pictured) would commute comfortably to and from Moi University, Eldoret, where he had been a lecturer for 25 years.