The Murang’a assembly last year recommended the controversial Sh6.8 billion Northern Water Collector Tunnel be redesigned because it would cause severe and long-term damage. “The continuing northwards encroachment of rivers in Murang’a for water supply to Nairobi is not sustainable,” the report, dated April last year, states. Wairia accused opposition chief Raila Odinga of seeking political mileage in Central Kenya by discrediting the project. He said the larger Murang’a, Garissa, Ukambani and Tana River Delta regions will become desert in five years. The report cautioned existing and planned irrigation schemes will be unfeasible, if the project is not stopped.

Source: The Star October 12, 2016 23:02 UTC