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Reservoir changing fortunes for drought-stricken Kitui people

By Philip Muasya

Kitui,Kenya: Joshua Mutisya’s face glows with excitement, his eyes darting from one maturing maize crop to another and smiles with unmistakable disbelief. To him and fellow villagers of Wikithuki village, Tseikuru district of Kitui County, this is like to a miracle.

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