Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyongo has announced a major milestone in dealing with the water hyacinth choking a huge portion of Lake Victoria.
In a tweet, the county boss also hailed the creative minds now using the weed to earn a handsome income.
He said that some of the area artists have come up with a special way of dealing with the weed and using it to make artistic merchandise from it.
These include furniture, wall charts and table, wall decorations and award frames which he says will go a long way in attracting more attention to the weed.
"From water hyacinth our people have been creative enough to make these artefacts, improving their living standards after making sales. ," he wrote.
This comes at a time when the government has deployed massive effort to eliminate the weed which has affected economic activities within the lake.
Apart from being a hindrance to transport in the lake which has resulted in an outcry from people living and operating in and around the freshwater lake, it has affected fishing activities leading to low yield and inability to conduct fishing.
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