Category Archives: Lake Victoria Environment

The Kisumu Water Sewerage Treatment Plant

Engineer Joseph Obunde, in charge of the sewerage treatment plant at Kiwasco, Kisumu Water and Sewerage Corporatio
Engineer Joseph Obunde, in charge of the sewerage treatment plant at Kiwasco, Kisumu Water and Sewerage Corporation

As I visited Kisumu’s Water sewerage treatment plant in 2015, it was finally being expanded. A long awaited little step to the cleansing of Lake Victoria. Apparently, according to the planners, more is being done in the industry in the area, namely the sugar cane industry. Continue reading The Kisumu Water Sewerage Treatment Plant

Lake Victoria Environment (year 2000 text)

Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP) Lake Victoria -A Sick Giant Needs Help

Iohn Speke would probably be shocked if he could see Lake Victoria today.
When the British researcher became the first European to reach the legendary source of the Nile in 1858, the lake was still a clear body of water home to many varieties of fish. Today, its slimy waters smell putrid and the lake is overgrown with algae and water plants. Continue reading Lake Victoria Environment (year 2000 text)

Lake Victoria Environment 2015

The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme is the largest Kenyan Expo 2000 Project. Phase 1 which ran until 2003 received bad reviews in an evaluation by the World Bank:  „ The overall implementation performance (outputs) is Moderately Unsatisfactory, and the achievement of the development objectives (outcomes) is Unsatisfactory. “ Continue reading Lake Victoria Environment 2015