Sustainable boreholes could be our ticket to prosperity

Meru Deputy Governor Titus Ntuchiu (right) and county executive Eunice Kobia during the commissioning of Nairiri borehole in Kianjai ward, Tigania East. [Darlington Manyara, Standard]

Kenya is facing a water crisis. Not availability of water but accessibility to the water already obtainable. The World Health Organisation recommends 1,000 cubic meters of water per person per year.

In Kenya, the surface and ground water available per person is about 1,700 cubic meters. Undeniably, some reports suggest that out of such availability, only 40 per cent is accessible to Kenyans and not 60 per cent as widely reported.