Lake Turkana is in danger of drying up unless the government and International agencies step in to stop unsustainable development both within and outside Kenya. Friends of Lake Turkana, a lobby group claims appeals to protect the lake have continued to fall on deaf ears. The group adds that the most critical development that threatens to adversely affect the lake for decades is the Gibe III hydroelectric dam being built on the Omo River in Ethiopia. The group says the recent announcement by the World Bank to give up to $648 million loan to build a 1,000 km electricity transmission line from Gibe III into Kenya was a blow to the endangered lake. Ethiopia plans to sell about 60% of the power generated by Gibe III to Kenya through this line. Earlier, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites committee rejected an appeal by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an appointed advisor to the committee, to place Lake Turkana and three other endangered properties around t...