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Sh1.6b project to tap ocean water and address shortage in Mombasa

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (left) in consultation with Senator Mohamed Faki during this year's Jamhuri Day celebrations at Mombasa's Tononoka grounds on Wednesday 12th December,2018. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

The Mombasa County Government is constructing a Sh1.6 billion plant to tap and process drinking water from the Indian Ocean.

Governor Hassan Joho said the plant would start desalinating seawater in 2021.

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