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Category Archives: lake victoria
Water hyacinth threatens to choke L. Victoria again
About 6,300 tonnes of the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) has been invading Lake Victoria per day, for about three years now. The weed is threatening to choke the lake like it did in the 1990s. READ MORE
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DC urges joint efforts to control water weeds
BUKOBA District Commissioner (DC) Zipporah Pangani, has urged residents of around Lake Victoria to join hands to control growth of water hyacinths that threaten aquatic life circle.She made the appeal on Friday while launching the ‘MV Gugumaji’ boat at Nyamkazi area, in Bukoba Municipality. Construction cost for the boat amounted to 43.6m/-. She commended members of the Beach Management Unit (BMU) at Nyamkazi who joined hands to start the project with support from Lake Victoria Environmental Management project (LVEMP ll ).
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Tackling the spread of hyacinth in Kenya
Fishermen around Lake Victoria in Kenya are lamenting the spread of the aquatic weed hyacinth, but others are capitalizing on the plant.
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