Stakeholders around Lake Naivasha have raised concern over the rise in the number of deaths in the water body caused by drowning and hippo attacks. Since the year began, over 20 people have died while on illegal fishing exercise while scores of others have been left nursing injuries inflicted by hippos. “We have noticed a trend where minors have now joined in the illegal fishing and we are asking the government to intervene,” she said. Friends of Lake Naivasha chairman Francis Muthui said the rise in water levels had seen the number of minors involved in illegal fishing rise. “We have seen minors using the makeshift boats drown whenever it flips and it's time that the necessary government agencies intervened,” he said.

Source: The Star June 22, 2024 10:27 UTC