Leaders demand say in tapping area water

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.