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NMS takes fight to cartels with water hailing app
Wednesday February 03 2021
Residents of Umoja Estate fetch water from a vending point. Water scarcity in the area has forced them to rely on vendors. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By COLLINS OMULO
Summary
Despite several crackdowns the gangs have continued to wreck water infrastructure across the capital, plunging entire estates into scarcity.
In the latest crackdown in 2019, City Hall unearthed 1,834 illegal water connections and arrested and prosecuted 232 people.
Most of the illegal connections were discovered in Githurai, Zimmerman, Kasarani, Mwiki, Kiamaiko, Huruma, Kariobangi North and South, Mathare North, Baba Dogo, Kayole, Tassia, Embakasi, Kware ward and Imara Daima.