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Why Kibaki wants houses fitted with ultra-low flush toilets

Former President Mwai Kibaki says it is important to make contingency plans to deal with water wastage. [photo: FILE/Standard]

Retired President Mwai Kibaki has urged policy makers to rethink the way the country uses water, energy and other scarce resources.

In a speech read on his behalf during the Africa Green Building pre-summit in Nairobi, Kibaki, who is also the Unesco special envoy for water in Africa, said building plans as well as construction should anticipate and provide for proper water storage, purification and re-use on site.

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