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State acquires more land for Sh20 billion Mwache dam for planting trees

Some of the tools abandoned by Sinohydro Mwache Dam workers at Mwache in Kwale County. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

The government has acquired more land for planting trees around the Sh20 billion Mwache multipurpose dam to mitigate against siltation.

Ministry of Water project engineer Simon Kibachio said the government has acquired a 30-metre wide land around the dam for planting trees to protect the project against siltation.

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