Push to expand Murang’a municipality splits water companies

Maragua Dam water treatment plant at Gakoigo area in Maragua. The water project for Maragua town and its environs is at 30 percent completion. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

A row has erupted following a proposal to give the Murang’a Water and Sanitation a larger coverage area.

The Murang’a Municipal board has elected to pick Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company (Muwasco) to operate in areas that Kahuti, Gatamathi and Murang’a South Water companies have been assigned by the Water Service Regulatory Board (Wasreb). Municipal board vice chair James Waweru said the expansion of the Murang’a municipality boundaries was in line with the law to serve at least 100,000, up from the current 30,000 people he termed inadequate.