‘Ghost water pipe’ flooding Kawangware

A notorious water pipe has made life unbearable for most Kawangware residents. The pipe near the main road has a tendency of going burst every Wednesday and Thursday for over a year now, according to residents. “The water comes out on Wednesday and Thursday flooding the whole area. This has been the case for over a year even after repairs were done,” a butcher nearby told The Nairobian. Whenever it floods, customers who think it is a sewage spillage keeps off their businesses. “You have to convince them it is not sewage. But other customers disappear forever,” said the butcher. According to Peter Kuria, a trader, this has forced them to make mini dykes to avoid water flooding into their businesses. Traffic movements have also been hampered.
Our attempts to speak to officials of the Nairobi City Water Company about the issue were futile.
-The standardmedia