Fish farmer rakes in cash from sale of male fingerlings

A mother of three in Chuka town, Tharaka-Nithi County is raking in hundreds of thousands of shillings after specialising in sale of male tilapia fingerlings. Known to grow bigger in size and mature faster, rearing of mono-sex fish is quickly taking root in the region with the promise of better returns.

Margaret Wanjiku Kinyua has has set up a breeding site at her farm in Kibumbu within the Chuka municipality, taking advantage of the presence of numerous rivers in the region to supply the fingerlings that are in high demand. Already, a fish processing factory with a capacity to process more than 20,000 kilogrammes per day has been set up in Tunyai, Tharaka South sub-county.