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Diverted Drying River Thiba loses capacity to channel water downstream for domestic and farm use in Embu County as drought continues to bite in the country. Jan 23, 2017. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]
On Thursday, hundreds of young and energetic men of Lukogwe area, Embu County, quickly assembled and made a decision. They would not die of thirst, not if they could help it.
Armed with pangas and other crude weapons, they marched uphill, following the course of River Thiba. Their mission – to stop any further diversion of water upstream.
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