Monday, November 5, 2012

Water hyacinth resurfaces on Lake Victoria

The Water Hyacinth the worst water weeds has attacked Lake Victoria profusely covering acreage of the Lake. The shore lines of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are affected causing worry to 30 million people who derive livelihood from it. The health of the Lake is endangered .River Kagera flowing from Rwanda contributes to ushering the weed to the Lake. Emily Arayo of the East African Sustainability Watch Network highlights this crisis in this 6 minutes video.