Testimonies of water hyacinth being used in frying fish

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The government imposed a ban on cutting trees which greatly affected business men and women who were heavily reliant on  firewood use that now became expensive and sometimes totally available scarcely.

Among hardest hit were fish vendors,with over 30 fishmongers at the beach, at least Sh40,000 was being spent on firewood, making it the most expensive raw material in the business.

In rescue project, the governent then rolled out of a project that utilises water hyacinth and fish waste to produce biogas, which has long been used in homes for cooking.

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When journalists visited the project yesterday, Anyango who is a fish monger expressed relief at being freed from the daily hassles of hunting for the pricey firewood.

“This method has no heat or smoke unlike when using firewood. Once you are connected to the source, you are good to go. We are fast embracing it and hope that soon none of us will be using firewood,” she said.

According to Dominic Kahumba, who is implementing the project, water hyacinth has organic nutrients it obtains from the polluted lake. The nutrients are rich in methane, which when extracted is a major sources of natural fuel.

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“We are currently giving it for free to the women, but once we roll out fully we will install cookers for each of the traders at a small cost, probably less than half of what they have been paying daily for firewood,” Dominic said Kahumba.

The waste from the production of the gas, bioslurry, comes out in liquid form and can be used as animal feed or as organic manure.

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