LVBC to Carry Out $398m Lake Victoria Environment Plan

The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) is to invest $398.2m in improving the climate around Lake Victoria in East Africa.

The LVBC projects include the $252m Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase II, which will reduce environmental stresses within the lake and its littoral zone.

The commission will spend $112m on implementing the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative programme Phase II to support pro-poor water and sanitation in the secondary urban centres of the Lake Victoria region.

The investment will also support the Lake Shore Water Project, which will offer water supply services to three lake shore communities: one in Abala, Kenya, one in Mbarika, Tanzania, and one in Kiyindi, Uganda.

LVBC is a specialised institution of the East African Community, the regional intergovernmental organisation of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.