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Victims' families and Solai Dam owners strike compensation deal

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Solai Farm director Perry Manusukh testifies in court. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The families who lost their loved ones in the May 2018 Solai Dam tragedy in Nakuru County have finally agreed on an out-of-court compensation deal with the dam owners.

In the tragedy, 47 people died, and thousands were displaced from their homes in the surrounding villages of Energy, Nyakinyua, Endao, Arutani, and Milmet.

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