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Water is life: Kenya must plan beyond the rains

A resident of Loruk, carries his sheep across the flooded Marigat–Loruk road, as the swelling Lake Baringo cripples transport and endangers communities, on September 3, 2025. [File, Standard]

If there is one cliché I am happy to use again and again, it is the simple but profound truth that water is life. In a few words, it captures the foundation of human survival, economic stability and national prosperity.

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