Residents of Munongo, in Busia county claim a lake has deepened to 70M and is steadily eating up their treasured lands along the way.
This comes at a time when Kenyans are experiencing a heavy dry spell of rainfall as the weather man had foreseen.
These reports were widely spread on social media calling the government to reclaim such lands and conserve such waters for the dry seasons being experienced countrywide
Is it a new lake? There is a new phenomenon forming into a lake in Munongo area of Mundika in Busia, so the locals say pic.twitter.com/Ly4Ogy3d7H
— Fred Mugenya (@fmugenya) February 8, 2017
Busia residents claim new lake forming at Munongo village in Matayos constituency on the Kenya-Uganda border.#LakeMunongo pic.twitter.com/9pjUyflBFK
— Vuuka FM (@VuukaFM) February 15, 2017
A new lake is increasingly forming and taking away people's land. It's at Munongo village, Busia County. One week it's already 70m deep. pic.twitter.com/sqAR3GOBLt
— Nicholas Wamalwa Omondi (@Wamalwa_Omondi) February 12, 2017
