{"id":1137,"date":"2026-11-07T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:01:43","slug":"government-steps-up-investment-in-lake-victoria-fishing-industry-by-cyrus-munyao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"Government steps up investment in lake Victoria fishing industry by Cyrus Munyao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government is stepping up investments in the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in a renewed effort to improve fishermen&#8217;s incomes and strengthen the country&#8217;s blue economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration Raymond Omollo said the government was implementing infrastructure and security projects aimed at transforming fishing into a more profitable economic activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking during an engagement with Beach Management Units and business representatives in Migori County, Omollo highlighted the construction of nine modern fish landing sites around Lake Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">photo:Courtesy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The facilities are expected to include cold-storage rooms, hygienic fish-handling areas and improved trading infrastructure to minimise post-harvest losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government is also expanding water transport infrastructure, with projects at Muhuru Bay, Usenge, Mbita and other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Omollo announced plans to increase police deployments and patrol boats on the lake before the end of 2026 to address insecurity affecting fishing communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investments are expected to strengthen trade, improve fish preservation and create additional economic opportunities for communities that depend on the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is stepping up investments in the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in a renewed effort to improve fishermen&#8217;s incomes and strengthen the country&#8217;s blue economy. Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration Raymond Omollo said the government was implementing infrastructure and security projects aimed at transforming fishing into a more profitable economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}