The Kenyan one stop center at the Isebania center to Tanzania
Residents of Isebania in Kenya and Mara area of Tanzania will now be able to benefit from a 350 million water project launched by the Kenyan government over the weekend.
The project, funded jointly by the Kenyan government through the Lake Victoria South Water Services (LVSWS) and the Africa Development Bank, will benefit over 60,000 Kenyan and Tanzanian citizens benefit from fresh safe water.
Speaking when he toured the project in Sorore area of Kuria West constituency over the weekend, Water Services Principal Secretary Prof. Fred Sigor said the project is expected to be completed in July this year and will be open for the area residents.
“We are committed to ending the perennial water shortages in the region and because of the East African Community, the project will also benefit our brothers on the Tanzanian side,” he said.
He said the project once complete, will be producing 30,000 cubic meters and will then be piped to a number of points where locals will be able to access it.
He further clarified that the funds being used to undertake the project was a grant and not a loan meaning that the government will not have to make any repayment to ADB
Speaking at the same function, John Koech, the chairman of LVSWS thanked the local community for offering the land where the project is being undertaken making the project to be undertaken.
“The local community has been very supportive of the project and we did not have any issue with the process of land acquisition. We are keen to repay their kind gestures by ensuring that the project is
completed in time,” he said.
On their part, area residents thanked the government for undertaking the project in the area saying cases of waterborne diseases which have been rampant in the area will now be a thing of the past.
“We have been experiencing a number of cases of waterborne diseases. Our women have also had to travel very long distances in search of water and this will be of great help to them,” John Mwita, a local
resident said.
