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Raila Odinga terms Sh6.8b Jubilee water project 'tunnels of death'

ODM leader Raila Odinga (left) addresses the Press on a Jubilee water project in Nairobi. He has sparked another row with President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration over a multi-billion-shilling water project. (PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE and WILLIS AWANDU/ STANDARD)

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has sparked another row with President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration over a multi-billion-shilling water project.

Raila yesterday warned against the construction of Sh6.8 billion Northern Water Collector Tunnel designed to address chronic water shortage in Nairobi and its environs, citing conservation concerns.

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