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Killer Patel dam was illegal, Water CS tells Senators

Patel Farm General Manager Vinoj Jayakumar (right) with Nakuru County Commissioner Joshua Nkanatha during a meeting with Soali Dam victims on June 28, 2018. [Harun Wathari/Standard]

The killer Patel dam was constructed illegally, a Cabinet Secretary told a Parliamentary committee yesterday.

The Water ministry only allowed the dam owner to build a weir to divert water to his expansive farm, Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui (pictured) yesterday told members of a Senate select team.

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