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Water hyacinth on Lake Victoria in Homa Bay County. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
While delegates, who included heads of state, discussed the future of oceans and lakes, Lake Victoria -- Africa’s largest fresh water body -- was missing in the agenda of the recent Global Blue Economy conference in Nairobi.
It was only mentioned in passing.
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