A major scientific survey of Lake Baringo is nearing completion as the government moves to establish the volume of water that can safely be drained from the lake to support irrigation in Tiaty.
The proposed intervention is aimed at addressing the rising water levels that have displaced families, submerged homes, hotels and public facilities since 2013, while also averting the potential merger of Lakes Baringo and Bogoria, a development experts warn could have devastating ecological consequences.
For the past two weeks, a team of technical experts has been crisscrossing Lake Baringo, collecting critical scientific data in what could mark a major turning point in the management of the rising lake waters.
The rising waters have heightened fears that Lake Baringo, a freshwater lake, could eventually merge with neighbouring Lake Bogoria, an alkaline lake.
