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Kindiki unveils police unit to guard water sources, infrastructure

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Interior CS Kithure Kindiki addressing a press conference in Nairobi on January 30, 2023. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The national government has set up a police unit to protect water sources and infrastructure across the country so as to avert losses amounting to Sh10.6 billion annually through destruction of water infrastructure and wrong billing.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said that he was working closely with Water and Sanitation Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome to ensure that there was no unauthorized access to critical water sources.

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