Lake Naivasha’s fury and damage call for urgent action on climate change

Members of the public walk past a section of Kihoto estate in Naivasha which has been flooded due to rise in water levels from the nearby Lake Naivasha. [Pic By Antony Gitonga]

More than 500 homeowners have been rendered destitute by floodwaters from Lake Naivasha. The loss from the rising water levels will run into hundreds of millions of shillings.

Livelihoods and life savings have been destroyed by the floods. Three members of a self-help group that came together and built homes around the lake have died due to depression brought by the current situation. Many others are battling frustration from seeing the wrath of nature on homes and businesses they have spent all their lives trying to establish.