Residents want government to resolve the painful water crisis

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Kajiado County residents have called upon the county government to intervene and help them find a permanent solution to the water shortage being experienced as a result of the ongoing drought.

The residents want the government to drill more boreholes in the area.

They point out that the situation is so bad that they have been forced to dig deeper into their pockets to buy a 20 litre jerry can of water at Ksh40.

Ilbissil water vendor Moses Maina said the situation is getting worse since many boreholes are now drying up.

“The situation is worsened by prolonged drought owing to rain failure for the last five months.” Maina said in anguish.

People no longer visit their taps in Rongai as they know what to expect.

The school supports more than 25 per cent of the learners, majority of them hailing from Kware Slums of Ongata Rongai town where they live in squalor and improvidence.

“The schools is a non- profitable institution and resorts to helping the needy pupils from the region. We are trying all we can to ensure that they acquire an education like the rest across the country. We are appealing for funds from well-wishers to enable us uplift every child because that’s our main objective,” she said.

The school has sufficient clean water supply to prevent waterborne diseases like cholera and typhoid, which are common in most institutions.

As a way of generating income, the school has embarked on crop cultivation that supplements their food requirements.

The pre- primary section started about 40 years ago in 1983 and it is owned and run by the Religious Sisters of the Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary. Later in 2019, the primary school opened its doors to admissions.

“The objective of the school is to grow an all-round person who can do

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