Fishermen in Lake Naivasha. [File, Standard]
Transport along the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu Road in Naivasha was temporarily paralysed after foot-fishermen blocked it to protest the arrest of their colleagues by officers from the Kenya Coast Guard Services.
During the incident near Kihoto estate, roads were blocked using boulders.
Tens of motorists were caught up in the incident before police moved in and dispersed the protesters, and the flow of traffic resumed.
Trouble started after the Coast Guards arrested the five illegal fishermen during a sting operation and recovered illegal fishing gear.
According to Naivasha OCPD Wilson Sigei, the protest was thwarted fast and the illegal fishermen repulsed into the nearby Kihoto estate.
He said that the five arrested suspects were among tens of youths who have been illegally fishing in the lake whose levels have risen sharply in the last one year.
“Officers from the Kenya Coast Guard Services were on their routine patrols along the lake when they managed to arrest the five leading to a protest by their colleagues,” he said.