Lake Kenyatta
Kenyan physical feature
Lake Kenyatta, also Lake Mukunganya, is a lake in Lamu County, in southeastern Kenya.
Location
The lake is located in Lamu County, approximately 2.5 kilometres (2 mi), southwest of the town of Mpeketoni. (est. pop. 50,000 in 2015). This is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), by road, southwest of the port city of Lamu. The coordinates of the lake are: 2°24'45.0"S, 40°40'53.0"E (Latitude:-2.412494; Longitude:40.681396).
Fauna
The lake supports herds of hippopotami, zebra, monkeys, waterbuck, buffalo and warthog. Also, a large number of wild birds are found here.
Silting
Due to encroachment from the rapidly increasing population in Mpeketoni, the lake is shrinking as a result of (a) silting (b) humans invading its wetlands (c) drilling of many boreholes in the catchment area and (d) invasion by large herds of domestic cattle.
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