Reality of climate change now hits Busia hard; report predicts doom

Adrian Okello, a victim of the climate crisis, shows some of his rental houses at Mau Mau shopping centre in Budalang’i. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Adrian Okello Dero never took climate change seriously until his rental houses at Mau Mau in Busia County were marooned due to Lake Victoria back-flow. Since April 2020, the lake that overflowed, extending its shores by up to 5km marooned Mau Mau town in Budalang’i Constituency. Residents had to seek refuge elsewhere.

“My rental houses and home are surrounded by River Yala to the South, River Nzoia to the North and Lake Victoria to the West. The flooding we are experiencing is from the back-flow in Lake Victoria,” he said.