Parts of Nairobi to go without water for two days
A section of Nairobi residents will go without water between Wednesday and Thursday due to a shutdown of the water pipeline from Gigiri Reservoir to Karura Reservoir – Outer Ring Road.
In a notice issued on Monday, the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company said the water pipeline will be shut down from 6am on Wednesday February 14 to 6am on Thursday February 15.
“This will facilitate the relocation of the water pipeline which is in conflict with the United Nations offices construction site in Gigiri,” the notice reads in part.
According to the company, some of the areas set to be affected are UN Complex, Ridgeways, Muthaiga North, Balozi, Garden Estate, Windsor, Mathare North, Garden City, GSU headquarters and East Africa Breweries (EABL), Ngumba and Babadogo estates
Other areas that will also be affected include estates along Outering Road, Huruma. Umoja 1, Dandora area 1, Donholm, Tassia, Fedha, Nyayo Embakasi, Kware areas as well as parts of Pipeline Estate.
“Whilst every effort will be made to restore the water supply after the completion of the shutdown, we request all customers in the affected areas to use their stored water sparingly during the period of interruption,” said Nairobi Water Managing Director Engineer Nahashon Muguna in a statement.
Nairobi has been experiencing water rationing since April 2017 forcing most residents to turn to borehole water or that which is supplied at exorbitant prices by vendors.
Only about 50 percent of Nairobi residents have direct access to piped water while the rest depend on water from kiosks, vendors, illegal connections or boreholes.
But even those with direct access to piped water, only 40 percent of this lot receive water 24 hours daily.
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