Questions as multi-million water hyacinth harvester lies idle in Lake Victoria

Rescuers paddle a boat in deep hyacinth water to the shores of Lake Victoria at Wagusu beach in Bondo sub-county, Siaya county on June 24,2018 with victims who had been trapped in the lake after heir oat was surrounded by the weed. Kenya Marine Fisheries Institute has raised concern over disrupted transport and transport in the lake as over 3000 hectors are covered by the weed. [Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard

A Sh80m water hyacinth harvesting machine has been lying idle for three years now even as the weed continues spread on Lake Victoria.