News Water crisis: State and EU meet to tap Sh3.6bn aidMost towns are likely to experience recurrent water shortages. “Accordingly, we are now suspending the support to the Water Towers Programme with the Government of Kenya,” said Stephano Dejak, head of EU delegation in Kenya while announcing the move. The Sengwer community, while opposing the project, argued that it interfered with their ancestral land. The Kenya Forest Research Institute, Kenya Wildlife Services, Kenya Water Tower Agency, KFS and Climate Change Secretariat are working together in the rehabilitation efforts of the ecosystems. Experts warn that the destruction of the five water towers -the Mau forest, Mount Kenya, Aberdares, Cherangany Hills and Mt Elgon has had negative impacts on economic growth.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 04, 2018 06:33 UTC