Lake Bogoria risks joining Lake Baringo in Kenya
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
Lake Bogoria in Kenya is seven kilometres from Lake Baringo and could join it, threatening people and wildlife. The government is deploying more than 100 excavators to divert the Waseges and Loboi rivers, which feed Lake Bogoria, Citizen Digital reports.
Lake Bogoria in Kenya is seven kilometres from joining Lake Baringo, according to experts quoted by Citizen Digital. Rising water levels have raised fears that the alkaline Lake Bogoria could connect with freshwater Lake Baringo, threatening human and animal populations.
To divert the Waseges and Loboi rivers, which feed Bogoria, the Kenyan government has deployed more than 100 excavators and other heavy machinery. The work aims, among other things, to return some of the water to its former course. According to Water Ministry officials quoted by Citizen Digital, siltation has gradually redirected the two rivers towards Bogoria; they now provide 60% of the lake’s water. A 25-metre-wide canal is being built to carry water from the Waseges River to the Kimolong’o wetland area.
The work has, however, worried farmers in Loboi, who have been deprived of irrigation water after a canal was closed. Linah Karatu, who grows maize and tomatoes, says her crops and income are under threat. Farmers also say the excavations have damaged tomatoes and other crops. In Kenya, irrigation schemes intended for 52,115 farmers were among the projects announced in September 2026.
