Mutitu Water Company ordered to refund Sh200m to community, wind up operations

Residents of Mugunda ward in Kieni when they demonstrated over the intended change of Mutitu Community Water Project into Mutitu Water and Sanitation Company on October 11, 2022 [File/Standard]

The High Court in Nyeri has ordered Mutitu Water and Sanitation Company to wind up its operations and remit all funds collected since 2009, estimated at Sh200 million, to the original water community project.

In a landmark ruling on the transfer of water community projects to formal water companies, Justice Kizito Magare described Mutitu Water and Sanitation Company as a fraudulent entity, not a bona fide water service provider.