For many years residents living around Lake Nakuru National Park have raised concerns over the disturbance from wildlife animals leading to human-animal conflict but this time round their concern is different.
It is the issue of bulging Lake Nakuru.
According to the locals mostly form Mwariki Village of Nakuru west Sub County in Nakuru, the bulging of Lake Nakuru has led to their farms being affected by the salty water.
Led by John Kamau Kiragu, the locals are now appealing to the Kenya Wildlife Service to step in and address the menace.
“We cannot do any farming activities due to the salty waters of the Lake and we call on KWS to come and address this matter” he said.
They say they are ready on any verdict that it could give among it shifting from their lands provided the government will give an alternative before ordering them to shift.
According to the locals, the Lake was initially more than two kilometers from the perimeter electric fence but has now shifted and is currently less than 150 meters from the perimeter electric fence making the locals to get more worried if the rain season resume.
PHOTO/Pristone Mambili:A flooded farm in Mwariki.
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