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Senators pile pressure on State to halt Murang'a water project

Siaya Senator James Orengo (right) and his Machakos counterpart Johnstone Muthama maintained that the Northern Collector Water Tunnel project should be stopped immediately until another Environmental Impact Assessment is conducted.(Photo: Moses Omusula/Standard)

Pressure Thursday continued to mount on the Jubilee administration over a multi-billion-shilling water project in Murang'a County.

Opposition leaders led by Senators James Orengo (Siaya) and Johnstone Muthama (Machakos) maintained that the Northern Collector Water Tunnel project should be stopped immediately until another Environmental Impact Assessment is conducted.

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