{"id":51640,"date":"2020-05-05T19:55:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=51640"},"modified":"2020-05-05T19:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:55:16","slug":"catastrophic-floods-linked-to-human-activities-hit-lake-victoria-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/catastrophic-floods-linked-to-human-activities-hit-lake-victoria-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Catastrophic floods, linked to human activities, submerge Lake Victoria region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Lisa Vives <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pounding rains over the last two months have set off <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/the-kingdom-of-kongo\/\">catastrophic <\/a>flooding of biblical proportions, surging over the weekend into some 20 of the 47 Kenyan counties bordering Lake Victoria &#8211; a massive trans-boundary body of water shared by Kenya, <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/dont-lose-hope-by-henry-ukazu\/\">Tanzania<\/a> and Uganda. Some 23 rivers empty water into the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These floods are the worst to hit the country since 1997 when heavy rains linked to the El Ni\u00f1o <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/nabta-playa\/\">phenomenon <\/a>killed more than 80 people in 24 hours&#8221;, said Abbas Gullet, Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross after viewing the disaster area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds have been displaced and farmland is underwater, ruining prospects for <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/the-swahilis\/\">food <\/a>self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, scientists have warned of the impact of human activities and <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/bilal-the-first-muezzin-in-islam\/\">climate<\/a> variability causing unusual levels of rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLoss of forest cover, encroachment on wetlands, lakeshores and river banks including poor land use practices, have resulted in soil erosion leading to siltation of our water bodies,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/king-njoyas-written-legacy\/\">Uganda\u2019s<\/a> water and environment minister, Sam Cheptoris, said. \u201cThis has resulted in the rapid movement of water into the lakes and rivers with a lot of silt, which reduced water storage capacities of our water bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe level is going up. We cannot stop the water,\u201d warned Dr. Callist Tindimugaya, Ugandan <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/the-history-of-bantu-people\/\">commissioner <\/a>for water resources planning. \u201cMove to other areas if you are near the shores. Because water levels will increase as we release the water (from the Nalubaale Power Station) in Jinja.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople have built all around the Lake Victoria because the level had gone down previously,\u201d he continued. \u201cPeople encroached on the protection zone\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/use-of-innovative-technology-in-designing-diverse-tourism-products\/\">The water <\/a>is coming back to reclaim its position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is eroding shorelines, altering ecosystems and causing flooding and economic damage,\u201d Raphael Kapiyo, an environmental scientist in Kenya, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/\">Standard Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is special concern about villages and towns near the <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/sechele-the-regal-missionary\/\">Tana River <\/a>where three hydroelectric dams could be topped over by water running down from Mount Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waterfront properties, luxury hotels and a Protea Hotel, part of Marriott International, have also been submerged in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Ogolla, a<a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/measles-has-claimed-1200-lives-in-madagascar\/\"> village<\/a> elder, is still counting losses incurred from the flooding around Lake Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything I owned, including my house, has been swept away. 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