County water projects hit in 10-ministry budget cuts
Friday, May 22, 2020 0:01
By EDWIN MUTAI
A tunnel at the Thwake Dam site for diverting water.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
Water ministry tops the list of 10 whose budgets have been cut after the Treasury slashed funds for constructing dams.
The affected dams include the Sh82 billion Thwake, Cross County Bulk Water and Sanitation— Ruiru, Nairobi Metro Area Bulk Water— Ruiru, Chemususu, Yamo, Siyoi — Muruny, Muache dam pipeline extension and National Water Harvesting and Ground Water Exploration.
Ruiru dam got the deepest cut of Sh705 million, Siyoi—Muruny has been reduced by Sh600 million.
Also suffering huge financial cuts are the ministries of Lands that lost Sh500 million for digitisation of registries, Energy (Sh1 billion) for electricity connectivity and Interior (Sh200) million meant for police and prisons housing.
