Beach management offices submerged by the flooding in Lake Turkana in September 2020 [File, Standard]For years, Lake Turkana appeared as though it was drying up. "Such a possible increase in inflow will result in an increasing water level in Lake Turkana,” the report says. Lake Turkana is part of the Omo-Turkana basin, which stretches into Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. “But there is still a mindset in Kenya that lake water levels are constantly falling, which makes planning difficult,” said Ochieng. The study also found evidence of rising water levels in the eight lakes that line Kenya’s Rift Valley.

Source: Standard Digital July 20, 2021 18:22 UTC