Why it is important to build water storage infrastructure

Thomas Kyalo, a farmer in Makueni shows a pipe linking rain water to his farm pond water. Farmers in the county are turning to farm ponds to boost produce during dry seasons. [David Njaaga/Standard]

Once upon a time, when I was a budding chicken farmer, the wall on my neighbour’s compound burst and the water flooded my chicken coop. My poor chicks were auditioned for the role of baby ducks and they promptly drowned. On that day I learnt an important lesson: prepare for water.

The issue with our country is, we collectively act as if we have amnesia or are completely mad. We spend months crying for rain, then spend the next few months crying about rain.