By VICTOR RABALLAMore by this AuthorKibos Sugar factory is on the spot for allegedly polluting Lake Victoria waters. Residents claim the miller has been discharging effluent to River Kibos which drains into Lake Victoria. According to Kisumu County Environment executive Salmon Orimba, investigations have established that the private sugar miller is releasing toxic chemicals to the river and causing a fertile ground for the mushrooming of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria. Kibos Sugar chairman Raju Chanan could not be reached for comment as his phone calls and messages went unanswered. Muhoroni MP Onyango Koyoo has given the sugar miller a three-month ultimatum to put in place pollution mitigation measures or relocate.

Source: Daily Nation February 24, 2019 08:03 UTC