The Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Co-operation (LVRLAC) is to expand to include Rwanda and Burundi, in a bid to protect and conserve the waters and surrounding areas of Lake Victoria. Dr. Julius Odongo, LVRLAC's secretary general, says the organisation took this decision because both Rwanda and Burundi partly share the waters of the lake. "What these countries do in regard to their environment ultimately affects Lake Victoria and its surroundings," he says.