Irony of dry Mt Kenya rivers despite rainfall

Officials from the Water Resources Management Authority disconnect some of the water abstractions in Mt Kenya forest on August 23, 2018. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

A paradox is unfolding in Mt Kenya region where, despite heavy rainfall, a number of rivers that originate from the mountain are drying up.

Rivers Thegu and Sagana, the main tributaries of the larger River Sagana, which drains into the Tana River, are drying up as are Burguret, Naro Moru and Likii rivers, which drain into the Ewaso Nyiro.