Six Kwale and Kilifi groups benefit from Safaricom’s economic empowerment program
Six groups in Kwale and Kilifi have benefited from economic empowerment projects worth Sh 800,000 impacting close to 4,000 people by the Safaricom Foundation. In Kwale County, Tsamvulani Mwache Fishermen and Traders Association received water pumps and fish coolers while Huhenzane and Taru Groups benefitted from baking equipment and a posho mill respectively. “The COVID-19 pandemic […]
What is driving Jipe Tilapia fish in Lake Jipe into near extinction?
Steven Omondi does not miss his old fishing days. The 30-year-old lives in Nghonji village along the shores of Lake Jipe, a shallow interterritorial lake shared by Kenya and Tanzania in the Taita Taveta and Kilimanjaro regions. Omondi started fishing in Lake Jipe in 2009; three years after the International Union of Conservation of Nature […]