Fresh efforts to eliminate stubborn weed from Lake Victoria

Michael Otieno harvests water hyacinth at the shores of lake Victoria in Kisumu on June 04,2018. The entrepreneur process the hyacinth to make bags and organic manure. (Denish Ochieng, Standard)

Efforts to save Lake Victoria from the invasive water hyacinth may start in earnest in the New Year.

Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o said talks with national Government and agencies such as Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme and Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) on how to tackle the weed from early next year had advanced.