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Taps run dry in Kilifi as water crisis persists

Water shortage has forced more than 10,000 locals to share unsafe water sources with animals. [File, Standard]

Long queues of women clutching buckets and jerrycans have become a daily sight in Ganze sub-county as the water crisis persists.

The water shortage has forced more than 10,000 locals to share unsafe water sources with animals, making even basic tasks like cooking and bathing a challenge.

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