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Water companies unable to repay Sh12.3b loan from German bank

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Lake Victoria North Water works development agency Chairman Julius Bakasa commission Shipalo primary school bore hole water supply project in Ikolomani Kakamega county on July 27 2021. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Water service providers in Western Kenya are unable to repay a loan of over Sh12 billion they took to develop water infrastructure a decade ago.

The loan was advanced by the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Belgium government to finance mega water projects in Kakamega, Vihiga, Uasin Gishu, Busia, Bungoma, and Trans Nzoia counties.

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