Up In Arms Over Fish In Kenyas Far North Pulitzer Center

Up In Arms Over Fish In Kenya’s Far North | Pulitzer Center

Up In Arms Over Fish In Kenya’s Far North | Pulitzer Center A drought in kenya has not only led to the deaths of an estimated 2.5 million livestock, it has also led to a shift in the livelihoods for several pastoral communities. to survive, many herders made the transition from working with animals to fishing. however, the shift to aquatic resources has not been without tension. Kenya has missed five consecutive rainy seasons since september 2020. the drought has not only killed an estimated 2.5 million livestock but led to a palpable shift in many traditional pastoral communities’ livelihoods and sense of identity.

The Nile Without Fish? | Pulitzer Center

The Nile Without Fish? | Pulitzer Center “for one to properly carry out nile perch fishing, you need about 40 pieces of nets, which form one big gillnet,” a frustrated jaoko says, adding that he had two fishing boats before the two theft incidents happened, which have sent him back to the drawing board. In december 2023, asha okoth jaoko, a boat owner from kiumba beach, rusinga island, received the news that 18 pieces of his nile perch nets were stolen. this news came barely a week after he lost some 30 pieces of net in a similar incident. A boy beside a pile of sun dried fish by kerio delta in turkana, ready for market in nearby villages. image by kang chun cheng. kenya, 2023. a drought in kenya has not only led to the deaths of an estimated 2.5 million livestock, it has also led to a shift in the livelihoods for several pastoral. In nangitony, a remote outcrop on the lake’s western shore, paulina asurut guts nile perch on a sandbar. she’s an orphan and a single mother, she says, and has no one to give her livestock. but in a small village like hers, resources are shared.

The Nile Without Fish? | Pulitzer Center

The Nile Without Fish? | Pulitzer Center A boy beside a pile of sun dried fish by kerio delta in turkana, ready for market in nearby villages. image by kang chun cheng. kenya, 2023. a drought in kenya has not only led to the deaths of an estimated 2.5 million livestock, it has also led to a shift in the livelihoods for several pastoral. In nangitony, a remote outcrop on the lake’s western shore, paulina asurut guts nile perch on a sandbar. she’s an orphan and a single mother, she says, and has no one to give her livestock. but in a small village like hers, resources are shared. In this trick, boat owners like akinyi walk home in tears, as unscrupulous fishermen who work in their boats smile all the way out of the waters. when this writer caught up with ms akinyi at uhanya beach in bondo, siaya county, she was supervising the docking of her fishing boats from the lake. Consistent, gentle showers over days and weeks replenish the shrubs and grasses that livestock depend on here. but it hasn’t rained steadily for two, going on three years, and there’s nothing green in sight. the government has drilled boreholes, but there aren’t enough of them. Rising seas caused by a rapidly warming climate have pushed waves into rice fields here and eaten into communities where fishermen keep their homes. west africa, especially senegal, is among the world’s most vulnerable areas to rising waters. Recurrent insecurity in a marginalized community leaves residents in turmoil. there was an attack the day joshua, who is using a pseudonym to protect his identity, was born on oct. 10, 1999, in kapedo — a small village straddling the border of turkana and baringo counties in northern kenya.

The Lords Of The North Atlantic | Pulitzer Center

The Lords Of The North Atlantic | Pulitzer Center In this trick, boat owners like akinyi walk home in tears, as unscrupulous fishermen who work in their boats smile all the way out of the waters. when this writer caught up with ms akinyi at uhanya beach in bondo, siaya county, she was supervising the docking of her fishing boats from the lake. Consistent, gentle showers over days and weeks replenish the shrubs and grasses that livestock depend on here. but it hasn’t rained steadily for two, going on three years, and there’s nothing green in sight. the government has drilled boreholes, but there aren’t enough of them. Rising seas caused by a rapidly warming climate have pushed waves into rice fields here and eaten into communities where fishermen keep their homes. west africa, especially senegal, is among the world’s most vulnerable areas to rising waters. Recurrent insecurity in a marginalized community leaves residents in turmoil. there was an attack the day joshua, who is using a pseudonym to protect his identity, was born on oct. 10, 1999, in kapedo — a small village straddling the border of turkana and baringo counties in northern kenya.

FINDING FISH | A Pulitzer Center Documentary by AnuOluwapo Adelakun