Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga has called for the immediate resolution of the conflict on Lake Victoria, that has seen scores of Kenyan fishermen arrested by Ugandan security officials. Speaking in Kisumu, Oburu decried the frequent harassment of fishermen, who are detained and forced to part with various amounts of fines. The long-running conflict has affected fishermen mostly from Siaya and Busia counties for years, who have suffered losses either in paying fines, forfeiting fishing gear, as well as detention over allegations of fishing in Ugandan waters.
