People displaced by rising waters in Kenya’s Rift Valley await new start

The road that used to lead to the hippopotamus point before it was submerged in Lake Baringo, Kenya [Dominic Kirui/Al Jazeera]

Loboi, Kenya – Ruth Kentyenya has just finished cutting vegetables as the lakeside evening breeze wafts over her village, Loboi, on the shores of Lake Bogoria. As she waits for her daughter to come back from the market and cook dinner, she sweeps the house.

But the 83-year-old’s calm demeanour is at odds with the state of Loboi, 5km (3 miles) from the lake’s source and partly submerged in water.