Ndakaini Dam Sparks Kang’ata-Sakaja Feud
Irungu Kang’ata, the governor of Murang’a, and Johnson Sakaja, his counterpart in Nairobi, engaged in a public dispute over the Ndakaini Dam.
This occurred after Sakaja led a Nairobi Water delegation and officials to survey the dam.
Despite the dam’s location in Murang’a, no representative from Murang’a County was present during the unplanned visit.
Similar visits were made by the Nairobi Governor to the Ngethu Water Treatment Plant in Kiambu and the Sasumu Dam in Nyandarua.
He explained that he was in Nairobi to inspect water sources and treatment facilities.
Kang’ata felt insulted by Sakaja’s inspection of Murang’a County’s resources, which he termed a trespass.
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He exclaimed in a public statement, “Wanted! Dread (sic) or alive,” while attaching photos of Sakaja at Ndakaini Dam.
The dam generates 430,000 cubic meters of water per day, which accounts for approximately 84% of Nairobi’s total water supply.
The dam is administered jointly by the Murang’a County Government and the Athi Water Works Development Agency.
In March of this year, Murang’a County threatened to cut off Nairobi’s water supply if Nairobi did not pay for the water.
Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu explained that Nairobi was consuming nearly all of the water from the Ndakaini dam, forcing locals to travel great distances in quest of the resource.
The dam receives its water from the Murang’a and Kiambu County rivers Thika, Githika, and Kayuyu.
“We cannot continue giving water to Nairobi for free while Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company sells the commodity. The status quo cannot continue,” the Senator vowed then.
Ndakaini Dam Sparks Kang’ata-Sakaja Feud
