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Where crocodiles and hippos are uninvited village guests

Flooded Ombaka village in Nyando Kisumu county as a result of the backflow of Lake Victoria. Over 2000 households have been displaced from the village.[Collins Oduor,Standard]

Gabriel Okoth, a fisherman, was attacked by a crocodile when fishing in Lake Victoria, but his colleagues could not save the 36-year-old. They searched for his body for two weeks.

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