This archive report was first published on 6 July 2020.
Published on July 6, 2020, Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has urged the government to lower electricity tariffs charged to water services providers by Kenya Power.
The governor, who chairs the Urban, Planning and Housing Committee in the Council of Governors (CoG), stated that water companies across the country were facing a financial crisis due to high electricity charges exacerbated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
During a tour of the Naivasha Water Company, Governor Kinyanjui welcomed the ongoing project to supply water to the Industrial Park in Mai Mahiu, but emphasized that residents of Naivasha should benefit from the project before water is supplied to the Industrial Park.
He noted that residents of Naivasha have suffered from water with high levels of fluoride for years and that the Malewa dam would address this issue.
Members of the Lake Naivasha Riparian Association, who had previously opposed the construction of the Sh35 billion dam, have changed their stance, with the association's chairman, Mark Kariuki, stating that the economic gains of the dam outweighed the losses.
