Lakes Naivasha and Nakuru heavily polluted

Workers from one of the hotels around Lake Naivasha erect structures in the riparian land which is illegal. The National Environmental Complaints Committee has raised an alert over rising human activities around the troubled water body. [Photo/Standard]

Lakes Naivasha and Nakuru have been identified as the country’s leading wetlands currently facing major challenges.

According to the National Environment Complaints Committee (NECC), the challenges facing the two water bodies are massive pollution, human encroachment and abstraction.