65-year-old blind man starts project to curb flooding on Lake Victoria basin

As the world continues to deal with the adverse effects of climate change, the Kisumu county assembly has passed a law that will see the county government set aside 2% of its annual development budget, towards measures aimed at mitigating effects of climate change. In the new law, an 11 member committee with representation from the the community and the government will be set up in each ward to oversee the setting up of community led solutions aimed at coping with adverse effects of climate change and formulation of strategies. But even as the rest of the population awaits the implementation of the county measures, a 65-year-old blind man has rolled out a project aimed at averting the perennial flooding problem in the Nyando planes by planting 300 seedlings.