Kenya submerged in flood waters as others elsewhere die of thirst

Wreckage of a lorry swept away by raging floods while crossing River Muatineni, Sultan Hamud, Makueni. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

What a waste of water! Samuel T Coleridge (1772-1834) was perplexed at the paradox of profuse water that nobody could use.

"Water, water, everywhere!" he marvelled, "Nor any drop to drink!" Or, as we often corrupt it, "But not a drop to drink!" And Chinua Achebe would exclaim in 1960, "What a waste of water!"