THE STANDARD By Awal Mohammed | February 3rd 2021 at 04:00:00 GMT +0300 Koola Waters Founder Ruth Mwanzia. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Ruth Mwanzia was always thirsty for success. Only she didn’t know she would end up owning a company that quenches people’s thirst. At 24, she threw herself into the deep waters of entrepreneurship and started Koola Water Company; a firm which manufactures, distributes, treats and packages drinking water. Seven years into the business and still going, she shares her journey with Hustle. Why did you decide on the water business? I was born in Kitui, a region that experiences a semi-arid type of climate, we faced many challenges to do with water; scarcity, drought and shortages. As a girl, I saw people trek for kilometres to find water that most of the time wasn’t even safe for drinking, and this bothered me a lot and I wanted to make a difference.