The company tasked with the role of ridding the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria of the troublesome hyacinth says that it is ready for the job ahead.
The Uganda-based Chinese company named the Blue Mango has since availed three machines for the job, with the exercise expected to begin in full force this May.
The company is not new to such in the region and is the force behind the removal of the weed from River Nile in Uganda some time back.
Once the job ensues, the company will also dredge piers and build a 63km shipping channel, as the government seeks to make the lake open to maritime trade.
The same was confirmed by Kisumu County Director of Communications Alloice Ager.
Ager added that the Transport Ministry of the Central government is currently in the process of clearing the machines before they enter into the country.
The machines are the same ones that were used by the same firm to clear rivers Zambezi and Congo of the same weed.
Ager defended the company's apparent change of heart after it initially said that it would import parts and assemble the machines in the country.
"Timeline challenges caused by hiccups in getting an assembly yard ready had necessitated the alternative measure," he told the Standard.
As of January, the weed was estimated to cover about 17000 acres of the lake and is believed to be spreading at a rate of 1000 acres per month.