Stubborn water hyacinth is back to plague lake region

Fishermen struggle to paddle back to Wagusu Beach in Bondo after rescuing their colleague who had been trapped in deep waters by hyacinth, last Sunday. [Denish Ochieng', Standard]

Barely a few months after it paralysed transport and fishing activities in Lake Victoria, water hyacinth is back.

According to the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), about 3,000 hectares of the lake is now covered with the weed.