The stench from Ruai sewerage plant a few metres away choked the air. On Wednesday last week, the government moved to recover the land grabbed from the Dandora Estate Waste Sewerage Treatment Plant in Ruai. Water PS Joseph Irungu and his Lands and Physical Planning counterpart Nicholas Muraguri said the plant is the only wastewater treatment plant for the city. The repossession of the Ruai land came as the Water ministry strains to handle sewerage and water supply needs of the 9.3 million residents of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. Through the decades, the private developers and squatters have over the years encroached on the property, leaving only 38.6 per cent for sewerage treatment.

Source: The Star April 30, 2020 18:56 UTC