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Rivers Nginyang’, Cheptopokwo and Kolowa have also dried up

Environmentalists including The Kenya Defense Forces, County Government, the Judiciary and the World Bank Sanitation Special unit cleaning up Njoro River, a major tributary to Lake Nakuru within Nakuru National Park on 16/2/2018. More than 70 tons solid waste were collected during the clean up within the national park . Chebet Caroline.

A group of pupils from Chemolingot Primary School mill around a dry riverbed as some dig small pans in the hope of getting water.

River Chesitet that is the main source of water for the pastoral communities living in the area is now dry, leaving locals helpless.

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