Residents plead for help as gift water turns into poison

Residents of Silale in Tiaty, Baringo County have developed health complications after using water from the borehole that was drilled by World Vision Organization in 2015. [Photo by Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Residents of Silale in Tiaty constituency were overjoyed when an NGO drilled a borehole in the area in 2015.

The NGO had heeded their cry for help to end perennial shortage of water in the semi-arid region, which forced the residents to travel long distances in search the commodity.