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Anne Macharia in Nairobi

Kenya’s Rift Valley residents reach breaking point: 'The lake moved into my house’

Kenya's Lake Baringo has been rising for several months, following above-average rainfall.
Kenya's Lake Baringo has been rising for several months, following above-average rainfall. © Environmental and Climate Change Group

With Kenya’s Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria rising for months now, following above-average rainfall across the Rift Valley over recent years, this summer has seen them – and the communities around them – reach tipping point.

Samuel Loruman points past the bow of his rowboat, toward a shifting green mat of water hyacinth.

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