Governor Ole Lenku's salt water ban draws outcry

Hand carts packed with jerrycans at a borehole in Kitengela during a biting water shortage last year. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

A water crisis is looming in Kajiado ahead of a deadline imposed by the county government banning the sale of salty water.

Governor Joseph ole Lenku, who issued the directive in November, said the order was meant to protect consumers from unscrupulous water vendors.