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Fear of floods as Turkwel dam set to spill over

Swollen Turkwel Dam on West Pokot and Turkana counties border. [Fred Kibor, Standard]

Fear has gripped thousands of residents along the Turkwel Dam basin following an advisory that the water reservoir could spill over within the next week.

Turkwel Dam which was commissioned for hydro-power generation in 1991 has never filled up to its full capacity of 1,150 metres above the sea level in the past three decades.

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