Fishermen in Lamu County during a past fishing expedition. Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Fishermen in Lamu County have accused their Somali counterparts of being behind the low fish prices in the region.
The fishermen claimed their Somali colleagues have been selling the commodity at low prices and now want them banned from the Kenyan market.
The fishermen said there is need for every party to stick to their respective markets.
“If the competition is not taken care of, we can as well forget there is fishing in Lamu. We propose that each one sticks to marketing their produce in their countries,” Mohamed Ali, a resident told The Star.
Their remarks come barely days after the government lifted the night fishing ban it had imposed in 2011 following kidnappings of fishermen and tourists by al-Shabaab.
The ban was lifted on May 1.