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Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria and Cabinet Secretary for Water and Sanitation Simon Chelugui after they addressed county leaders on planned water distribution projects. [Photo by Boniface Gikandi/Standard]
Local leaders want to be involved in plans to tap more water from South Mathioya River to meet demand in Nairobi.
Speaking during a water stakeholders' forum chaired by Water and Sanitation Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui, the leaders said they would not allow any water project that did not involve residents.
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