Uganda: Mukene Scarcity Hits Fish Traders

9 September 2008

Kampala — SHE has survived for 18 years earning a living from selling omena (silver fish, also known as mukene in Luganda), but for Rozalba Otoo, life is taking a turn for the worst.

Mama Saddam, as she is known, stares at her stall in Malaba wondering where her next meal will come from if the shortage of omena continues.

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