This archive report was first published on 30 June 2020.
Kenya: Chemususu Water Project Brings Hope to Locals in Nakuru, Baringo ¶
Water Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has directed the contractor to accelerate the completion of the Sh3 billion Chemususu supply project by December 2020.
The project, which was initially set to be completed by April 30, 2020, was slowed down by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
CS Kariuki inspected the project on Monday, accompanied by local leaders, including Baringo Governor Stanley Kiptis, and revealed that the project is currently 70 per cent complete.
"The project was slowed down by the Covid-19 due to the measures set by the Ministry of Health to end the spread of the disease. However, I have directed the contractor to engage an additional 120 workers to accelerate completion and actualise the project by December 2020," said Ms Kariuki.
Upon completion, the project will serve at least 600,000 people in Eldama Ravine, Mogotio, Emining town, Kampi ya Moto, Esageri, Muserechi, Kabimoi, Vivian, Visoi, Rosoga, as well as Kabarak University and parts of Rongai Constituency in Nakuru County.
Chemususu Dam, a flagship project of the Jubilee administration, was commissioned in 2017 by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The dam has a capacity of 12 million cubic metres of water and is located in Poror, in Koibatek District, in the middle of the indigenous Chemususu Forest.
More than 20 reservoirs of the dam are in Baringo County, while the rest are in Nakuru. The dam will help end the perennial water shortages and turn around the economy of the regions through irrigation.
