School calendars disrupted, facilities submerge as Lake Baringo waters rises again

Some of the buildings submerged at Roberts Camp after Lake Baringo swelled. [File, Standard]

At almost 9 am, tens of school-going children are balancing against the tides sweeping along the Marigat-Loruk road. It is long past the school official reporting time but in Loruk, no one follows the school clock anymore, lake Baringo has set a new schedule.

Every morning, parents and teachers performed the same grim ritual of surveying the submerged roads for safe passage, checking the school grounds for crocodiles and hippos. Only then could the day begin.