Nairobi — She could not fight back tears of joy as she was finally airlifted from a marooned boat. It had been four days of staring at the endless expanse of water all around her.
Christine Pai was among seven passengers on a boat that had been trapped by the water hyacinth weed, which has returned to Lake Victoria with a vengeance.
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