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Boat operators ferry a man and his household belongings after he was forced to evacuate his flooded residence at Kihoto estate in Naivasha on November 17, 2025. [TONY KARUMBA / AFP]
The tourist boats that normally ply Kenya's famed Lake Naivasha have had a different task in recent weeks: evacuating hundreds of flooded homes.
Although the lake's level has been rising for more than a decade and has repeatedly breached its banks, locals in the modest district of Kihoto are still astonished by the scale this year.
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