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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Businesses around Lake Victoria are staring at huge losses as the region starts feeling the impact of the swelling waters of the water body.<\/p>\n

So dire is the situation that several beaches and landing sites are now completely marooned by water, destroying the livelihoods of thousands of people in the Nyanza region.In the last few months, the region has been experiencing backflows from the lake, with scientists attributing it to climate change as nature unleashes its wrath.<\/p>\n

Several high-end hotels and resorts that have been the home for several local and international tourists are now threatened by water, with their proprietors claiming that the backflow risked putting them out of business.<\/p>\n

A spot check by\u00a0Saturday Standard<\/em>\u00a0across several beaches showed that businesses have run aground because of the swollen lake. Homes have also been submerged, crops destroyed and entire homesteads rendered inhabitable by the lake\u2019s waters.<\/p>\n

Dunga beach, which had been tipped to be the landmark fish-eating zone in Kisumu after the famous Lwang\u2019ni beach was reclaimed by the Kenya Railways Corporation, is now a shell.The hotels that had been set up at the beach are now marooned with visitors unable to access the facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe waters have driven us away from the beach. Every other day, we move to high ground and the water follows suit,\u201d said Eunice Apiyo, an hotelier.<\/p>\n

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A fish market that had been constructed by the county government of Kisumu to promote trade is also completely inaccessible after it was surrounded by water.<\/p>\n

In Bondo and neighbouring Budalang\u2019i sub-counties, dozens of business establishments have also been severely affected by the backflows.Chris Mutuku, the proprietor of Crystal Charlotte Resort, said the perennial flash floods have worsened the situation. His premises is among those that have been affected by nature\u2019s wrath, which has made it inaccessible to customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe losses are running into millions. The road leading to the hotel has been swept away and our customers are unable to access the facility,\u201d said Mutuku.A recent study by North Carolina State University\u2019s Department of Marine, Earth and Atmosphere Sciences in the US reveals that water levels in Lake Victoria will rise in the next 10-15 years due to changes in weather patterns as a result of global warming.<\/p>\n

North Carolina State University\u2019s Director of Climate Prof Fredrick Semazzi said the lake will replenish its waters at an almost unprecedented rate, which will result in its rise. \u201cThe climate change projections indicate that we should expect an increase in rainfall around Lake Victoria. There is this dichotomy that the current decrease in rainfall is going to stop and an increase will be experienced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The research stipulates that use of advanced meteorological tools alone will not be sufficient because there will be need to train experts on how to handle them to get credible climate predictions.<\/p>\n

Fishermen are also crying foul as they have been forced to look for alternative landing sites. When this was predicted five years ago, many lakeside businesses either ignored it or dismissed it altogether as another global warming propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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