Kisumu locals toss suspected conman in Lake Victoria

Suspected swindler Benard Odinga during a confrontation with other workers at Kichinjio Beach in Lake Victoria. [PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG/STANDARD]

A man behind a campaign for the manual removal of water hyacinth from Lake Victoria was Monday attacked and thrown into the lake over claims he swindled members of his former organisation.

Benard Odinga, the director of an organisation called Agulu Environmental Network, found himself in trouble when residents found him trying to engage another group to remove the weed.