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Hotel asked me to fetch drinking water from the toilet, says Dr Leakey

Dr. Richard Leakey, Chairman, KWS during a media briefing. (Photo: Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard)

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Chairman Dr Richard Leakey has accused a city restaurant of humiliating him by asking him to fetch drinking water from the toilet.

Dr Leakey said he ordered pizza to share with his wife, Dr Meave, at La Cascina Restaurant in Karen on Tuesday and also asked for water, but the waitstaff refused to give them tap water and told them they only serve bottled water.

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