The state allocates Sh500 to kick start Thwake dam construction
The government has allocated Sh500 million to kick start the construction of stalled Umaa dam on River Nzeu in Kitui.
Speaking in Mwingi during the County Development Implementation and Coordination Committee (CDICC) meeting on Friday, National Water and Harvesting Authority general manager Ali Hassan said the dam required Sh1.3 billion and would address the county’s perennial water shortage once complete.
“We have been allocated Sh500 million this 2019/20 financial year to finance the design review and preparation of tender documents and to commence construction of the dam,” said Hassan.
The 28m high dam which stalled in 2011 is estimated to store 870, 000m3 of water and inject an additional 2.3 million litres of clean and treated water to Kitui town and serve about 75, 000 people when completed.
