Residents’ woes as Sh152.3 million water project stalls

Tigania West residents indicate the vandalized water intake of Kiingirwa Irrigation Water Project along Liutu River on the foothill of Nyambene Hills. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]

Queries are dogging a Sh152.3 million water project meant to cushion hundreds of households from drought.

Kiingirwa Irrigation Water Project was initiated by community members from Athwana, Tigania West Sub-county in the 1990s before the government decided to fund it in 2016.