Fishermen in Busia and Kisumu have decried low fish prices in Kenya, forcing them to seek market in neighbouring Uganda.
Mulukoba Beach Management Unit Vice Chairman Alfred Agufwa said the Ugandan market attracts Sh70 more per kilogram of the product than in Kenya considering transportation costs.
"We incur a lot in transporting fish to Nairobi and earning Sh70 less than if we could sell the same fish in Uganda at no cost incurred," he said.
Speaking while receiving a delegation from the Busia County government led by Director of Administration Robert Muganda on Tuesday, Agufwa had also good news to fishermen on the stock of fish in Lake Victoria.
He said fish harvests, especially Tilapia had increased from 300 kilograms to one tonne per day at Mulukoba beach.
"Fishermen are happy with the latest developments. Our only undoing is the market in Kenya which is scarce and with the available ones offering 'peanuts' for our fish," he said.
Regarding tribulations Kenyan fishermen were being subjected to on Ugandan waters, Agufwa blamed Kenyan security agencies for sleeping on their job by allowing their Ugandan counterparts to capitalise on the loopholes to harass Kenyans.
"Kenyan security officers are supposed to monitor Kenyan boundaries on the Lake but it is not the case. Instead, Uganda Revenue Authority, Marine and Fisheries departments in Uganda patrol the waters," he added.
"We are victims of harassment. Kenyan security personnel should also take the initiatives to patrol the Lake to earn respect from their Ugandan colleagues."
"We have no enough water on the Kenyan side of the Lake. When we are found in the 'Ugandan waters' we are given conditions to have the fish processed in Uganda or we forfeit our fish stock."