President William Ruto has revealed plans for the Northern Water Collection Tunnel to start supplying water to the city from next week.
The head of state made the declaration during a public address in Kawangware on Wednesday, March 12, saying the tunnel was set to resolve the persistent issue of water shortage in the city. "I know we have a water shortage problem in Nairobi," Ruto said. "I want to give an assurance that in the next week or two, we are going to launch the Northern Collector Tunnel, which will bring 140 billion litres." The Northern Water Collector Tunnel has been tipped to be a game-changer for the city, whose water supply currently stands at 525 million litres a day.
An image of the Northern Collector Tunnel (NCT1).
Photo Athi Water Works This is a far cry from the estimated 900 million litres of water a day, which is the ideal figure to sustain Nairobi's daytime population of 7 million people.
