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River Nzoia on the Noose: Counting the Cost of River Nzoia Basin Degradation

"There were lots of fish as I grew up, but there's hardly any snow, and the frogs are minimal too," 70-year-old Ronald Wanyoyi, a resident of Lukhoba Village in the Nzoia River Basin, narrates, adding that one would be very lucky to catch any fish unless it rains heavily to cause plenty of fish to flow downstream.

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