Mutara Water River Users Association (WRUA) chairperson Nancy Nyambura shows an illegal water abstraction at Kiamariga and Raya intake along Mutara River. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]Communities living along Mutara River in Laikipia County have resolved to construct a common intake to solve their perennial water wars. “We have been in conflict with people upstream and those living downstream who have no water. Read MoreAccording to James Mwangi, a water specialist at Mt Kenya Ewaso Water Partnership, a survey conducted in 2019 found 254 illegal tapping points from River Mutara. River Mutara provides water to more than 30,000 households, livestock and wildlife in Laikipia County.

Source: Standard Digital January 01, 2021 21:00 UTC