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Battle for water to end after company agrees to relocate intake in the Aberdare forest

Water flows on Kenya Tea Development Agency's water Tunnel after diverted from Gura River in Othaya, Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu/Standard]

A conflict between Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) and a water firm over the control of Gura River in Nyeri could soon end.

KTDA, which has built a Sh1.6 billion hydro-power project on the river, has agreed to facilitate the relocation of an abstraction owned by Tetu Aberdare Water and Sanitation Company Limited (Teawasco) upstream at a cost of Sh4.7 million.

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