Water and sanitation experts say that kenya is staring at a crisis in future if it does not rain in the next three months.
Managing Director of Limuru Water and Sewerage Company, Margaret Maina, told Citizen Digital that they have had to implement a water rationing program, a transitory approach to sustain the current water supply crisis.
Speaking during the AfWA Congress side event dubbed International Forum of Professional Women for Water, Sanitation and Environment in Africa, maina said that in some areas, we are giving water once a week because they have to wait for the dams to recharge. she added that If there are no restores in the next three weeks, we won't have water to supply and the worst thing is also the wells that the public has been using have all dried up, we are having a crisis.
She voiced alarm that kenyans will soon seek water from unsafe sources such as polluted rivers, exposing them to waterborne diseases.
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Chairperson of Professional Women in Water and Sanitation- Kenya, Dr Leunita Sumba, stated that they had implemented a strategy to involve various stakeholders, including Water and Sewerage bodies in Kenya, to find a solution to proper sewage disposal to allow rivers to breathe for restoration for domestic use, a plan that she admits will succeed but may not be implemented immediately.
Major dams in Kenya, which are used for various water supplies, are currently dry, as are alternative wells that have always served as the final hope for domestic supply.
These sentiments come barely two weeks after first lady Rachel Ruto told farmers to prepare their farms because rain is coming. During a prayer session, the first lady said she was hopeful it would rain. The country is currently experiencing the worst drought in decades, like most the east African countries
