By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
President William Ruto administration has fast-tracked supply of water in Kitui town and its environs in an ambitious launch of the projects to quench thirst among locals.The water projects expected to transform the county are believed to be in line with the government's quest to developing Kenya to a first world status popularly called "Singapore".
The Kitui town water projects are being implemented by the Tanathi Water Works Development Agency, TWWDA. Of note is that Kitui county is largely a drought-prone region susceptible to water scarcity and such initiatives would go a long way in quenching the perennial thirst which has been in past election campaign manifestos but never came to fruition to the chagrin of local voters.
Some of the beneficiaries of the projects include Kitui School for the Mentally Handicapped, Kitui Central Primary School, Kitui High School and Kitui town's Site and Service Estate community.TWWDA CEO,Sammy Naporos, commissioned the three water projects and handed them over to the county government for management and maintenance this week.
At the ceremony, Deputy Director of Water in Kitui county, Philip Nzula, represented the devolved unit during the projects launch.
Naporos assured Kitui county residents that TWWDA was committed in expanding water access across the devolved unit and the greater south eastern region at large.
He further revealed that the Cabinet had approved a proposed water pipeline project to boost supply of water to Mwingi region of Kitui county.The pipeline will start from Kindaruma through Kiomo to Mwingi town and further to Mwingi West and part of Kitui West sub counties. "This project is expected to supply water to approximately 150,000 people in Mwingi town and its environs as well as residents of Mwingi West and Kitui West sub-counties," said Naporos.
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