Climate victim compensation rise as new displacements increase across Rift lakes

Soi Safari Lodge, one of the facilities hit hard by Lake Baringo’s rising waters, has adapted by building a suspended bridge to its partly submerged structures. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Monica Ambuya stood with her feet immersed in the salty, warm water that claimed her home. The water's surface mirrored a distorted sky, a sarcastic reflection of her current life. The once familiar, comforting scent of her home is gone, replaced by the salty smell of the expanding Lake Nakuru.

For 15 years, Ambuya has raised her family within the Mwariki estate that borders Lake Nakuru, but is now salvaging her few belongings from her submerged home.