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Earth dam keeps community alive despite severe, lengthy drought

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Women fetch water from the rehabilitated Kaliwa Kasyungemi earth dam in Mwingi. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

It is a hot but calm afternoon at Kaliwa Kasyungemi earth dam, located at Mumoni area of Kaliwa sub-location in Mwingi North.

A group of women draw water from taps into their jerrycans while few metres away, livestock including goats, cows, sheep and donkeys drink water from a trough. Agnes Mwikali, a resident, says that the process of fetching water here is fast.

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