Lack of investment in water sector leaves Kenyan towns parched

Workers in Nairobi city centre queue for water from a Prisons Department lorry during a shortage in the city early this year. Photo/FILE

At Nairobi’s Donholm Estate, water vendors stake out for customers by the roadside—their hand-carts bulging with plastic containers.

A former middle-income residential area, new unplanned housing developments have sprung up in the area, straining water supply.

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