evidence: It is true that we want to buy ships for Lake Nyasa and not Lake Malawi as it has been stated by the Malawian authorities. This plan has been in our ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi general election manifesto. There are Tanzanians in Mbamba Bay who need to be served diligently by their government. That’s what we are doing and not otherwise. [...] International media houses have been reporting on the lives and livelihoods of fishing communities based on Malawi’s lake shores during the last two weeks.The Guardian reported that the drop of Lake Malawi’s water level which is driving down fish stocks and thus having an adverse impact on fishing communities; the potential to extract oil and gas is cited as an even greater threat to the lake’s biodiversity. Al Jazeera interviewed vendors and a fisherman in Nkhata Bay on Lake Malawi who fear that they will lose access to fishing and produced a 2-minute video (embedded below) that briefly outlines the dispute to date.