Dry fish traders in Lamu county are pleading for the reopening of the Lamu-Somalia border to enable them to access their markets in the neighbouring country. A cross-border ban forbids traders from the two countries from interacting and doing business. Lamu traders buy dry fish from towns such as Kismayo and Mogadishu in Somalia and cross over back to Kenya where the fish is sold in Lamu, Mombasa and Kilifi. In April this year, security agencies nabbed and torched what they termed an illegal consignment of dry fish weighing 12 tonnes and worth Sh5 million. Trader Aboud Athman says it will be an expensive and heart-wrenching affair ferrying dry fish from Somalia, only for the consignment to be impounded.

Source: The Star November 02, 2020 18:00 UTC