When Muffadal S. Alibhai, a fish conservationist and researcher, asked the audience at a recent event in Nairobi to name five freshwater fish in Kenya, nobody could name more than the three common on menus in the country — tilapia, catfish and trout.
However, trout is not native to Kenya, having been introduced here by Lord Grogan. In 1906, he stocked trout in the Nairobi River at Chiromo and in the rivers, streams and lakes around the Aberdares and Mount Kenya. A century later, the fish is thriving.
