By MAGATI OBEBOMore by this AuthorThe fate of the controversial multi-billion shilling water dam in Bonyunyu in Nyamira now depends on how the government will strike a deal with residents to allow it to go on. The Lake Victoria Water Services Board said donors are waiting to disburse the funds once they are assured there will be no further protests against the Sh5.8 billion project. Funded by the Dutch government, the project ran into opposition as residents claimed they have been kept in the dark on compensation plans. We can’t drag politics into everything if we are to move forward,” Mr Omanwa said. Surveyors who visited the site were violently rejected by residents in protests that have left one person dead.

Source: Daily Nation February 03, 2018 07:52 UTC