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Tunnel to ease Nairobi water woes nearly done

Tunneling experts at Makomboki site in Kigumo. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Plans to inject an additional 140,000 cubic metres of water supply to Nairobi will soon be realised following completion of a tunnel tapping water from three rivers.

On Friday there was celebration in Makomboki, Kigumo constituency, after the contractor announced completion of drilling and parallel reinforcement of the tunnel.

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