The 65 jiggers operating this season added to 63.037 tons, 45% higher than in 2023, while trawlers contributed with 9.322 tons, 87% more than last year's season.

Pupils in Teso South constituency, Busia County are increasingly dropping out of school due to jigger infestation menace. Over 30 homes in the village of Angorom have been severely affected.

Life For Children Welfare and US-based Tom's Shoes have launched a project aimed at buying shoes for pupils and cleaning the feet of those already infested with jiggers. Life For Children Welfare ...

During the day the jiggers wait along mile 201, but when night falls, and with the lack of patrolling and control, they penetrate Argentine waters, further and further as there are no impediments.