At Jubilee, the biggest fish market in Kisumu, 70 per cent of dry and fresh tilapia sold to customers is from China, which are significantly cheaper than the lake fish. The massive fish imports from China led to job losses in the fish industry both in Western Kenya. Chinese much cheaperBut Mohammed defended fish imports, saying they have been necessitated by market demands. Jackline Adhiambo another trader told the Sunday Standard because of the easy availability of the China fish, she rarely goes to the lake to get stock. “I used to buy 200 pieces of fish from the lake before China fish came in two years ago, today I only go to get 100 from the lake once in a while,” said Adhiambo.

Source: Standard Digital February 04, 2018 07:07 UTC