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Rift Valley faces acute water crisis

The CEO Water Resources and Management Authority Engineer Phillip Olum (R) has a word with Enock Kiminta the chairman Lake Naivasha Waters Users Association (L) and Bernard Omuya from the authority during a stakeholder meeting in Panoroma Hotel in Naivasha. PHOTO: Antony Gitonga

NAKURU: Rift Valley is the most water-stressed region in the country according to the National Water Master Plan.

Despite the recent discovery of underground water in Turkana County, the Water Resources and Management Authority (WRMA) noted that parts of the region face acute water shortage.

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