Two governors want the Lake Victoria environment to be conserved to enable sharing of natural resources with future generations.
Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto and his Homa Bay counterpart Cyprian Awiti have urged stakeholders to be wary of their daily activities to prevent pollution of the lake.
Speaking in Homa Bay during the closing ceremony of the 13th General Assembly of Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Co-operation (LVRLAC), the county chief said there was need to prevent environmental degradation to enhance the well-being of East Africans.
Ruto, also Council of Governors Chairman, warned that the future generations of this country and its environs will lack a lot of resources which are found in the lake if environmental degradation is allowed.
"The future generations will depend on resources which have been prepared by the current generation. We have been given these resources free of charge by God and it will be shameful if the future generations fail to enjoy because we have depleted them," Rutto said.
Awiti expressed concern that wastes emanating from industries situated near Lake Victoria and on the highlands around it are a threat to the lake. He urged industries to avoid directing waste into the water body.
"My government is preparing a Bill which will be taken to the county assembly to obtain legislation so that we can get workable modalities on curbing pollution of Lake Victoria from industrial waste and other human activities," Awiti said.
He told LVLAC officials to focus on the lake, adding that it was being adversely affected by environmental degradation.