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We didn't discharge Masinga water, says KenGen as floods hit Garissa

Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) Eastern Hydros regional manager Julius Odumbe at Masinga dam in Machakos County. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) Company has absolved itself from claims it opened its Seven Forks dams spillways leading to Tana River floods which have displaced people in Garissa. 

KenGen’s Eastern Regional Manager Julius Odumbe said the company has not opened up the dams or released water from them.

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