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Project has received Sh400 million in grants from the European Union

Briquettes production process at the sewerage treatment plant in Nakuru County on 30/5/2018. Caroline Chebet

The truck filled to the brim with human waste trundles to the sewerage treatment plant where a crew eagerly waits for the noxious commodity, ready to convert it into briquettes that will be used to fuel jikos.

The ambitious project by the Nakuru Water Sewerage and Sanitation Company Limited (Nawassco and a Netherlands water company, Vitens-Evides, is providing an environment-friendly solution in addressing sanitation challenges as well as conserving trees.

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