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Kenya abandons exploration of unviable Turkana water aquifer

Sicily Kariuki, the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation. PHOTO | POOL

By  GERALD ANDAE

The Ministry of Water has stopped exploration of the 250 billion cubic metres aquifer in Turkana terming it economically unviable.

This is due to the high cost involved in desalination, which would cost Sh50 million a month on power bills alone.

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