What prompted your transition from Dominion Farms to Jewlet Fish Farms?ĭominion was successful, as we were producing a lot of fingerlings and table-sized fish. Through my breeding programme, I gained recognition and supplied over 80 percent of all the tilapia fingerlings stocked in Kenya during the Economic Stimulus Program (ESP). This success inspired me to start the University Fish Farm and eventually, the commercial venture, Dominion Farms, which was then the biggest commercial farm in sub-Saharan Africa, besides Lake Harvest in Zimbabwe. Most people did not see aquaculture as a viable project but the experience was eye-opening, as we raised almost 1 million KES ($7,806), which was a significant amount of money at the time. My interest in aquaculture began during my master's thesis, in 1990, in which I conducted research and sold off fish from 12 research ponds. What led you to pursue a career in aquaculture?
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