In recent weeks, water levels in Lake Victoria have reached unprecedented heights as a result of heavy rains in the East African region which started in August 2019.

From research my colleagues and I have done - examining the projected changes in weather in the Lake Victoria basin - we've found that these high water levels will be more frequent in the future because there'll be much more rainfall.

The aim of our study was to look at how the rivers that drain into the Lake Victoria basin will change as a result of increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

We show that, between 2036 and 2065, there will be 25% more annual rainfall in the eastern part of the lake Victoria catchment (Kenya and Tanzania side) area and between 5 and 10% in the western part of the catchment (Rwanda and Burundi side).

Lake Victoria is an open lake meaning whenever the lake level rises, spill-off should occur - this makes it hard to predict how much the lake will rise because the control of the spillover is through manmade dams in Jinja.