Komote Island village on Lake Turkana has expanded from the mainland over roughly the past decade, separating homes and community sites by about 660 yards of water. Rising lake levels have swallowed grazing lands, schools, roads, and burial grounds, dividing families and forcing children to travel by boat to school. Hippo hunts and large fish catches have collapsed: fishermen once returned with over 250 pounds, but now often bring back around 10 pounds, while hippos are nearly wiped out. The El Molo, a small marginalized indigenous group, have been pushed off livestock areas and now rely on government supplies of rice and beans and a recently installed reverse osmosis plant for fresh water, which they say is insufficient. Lake Turkana faces concurrent threats including rising waters linked to climatic and tectonic factors and persistent drought across northern Kenya that further strains livelihoods.
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