Water and Natural Resources Management

World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Mr Joseph I. Wairagu (CBS) today (4th February 2022) commissioned a borehole at Paul Mbiyu Primary School in Murang'a County that was drilled, equipped and connected to solar power with support from UTaNRMP.

Today marked the beginning of yet another journey in creating positive impact to the community living near Mt. Kenya forest between rivers Sagana and Tigithi in Nyeri county.

The black night of January 17, 1990 will forever remain etched in Patrick Njagi’s mind.

It is the night that his father Apiel Njoka alias Karu was trampled to death by a marauding elephant.

Kiamaranga shallow well in Siakago, Mbeere north sub-county is the watering point to the residents of Kiamaranga village and is more or less synonymous with hope. Deeply eroded footpaths meander the open fields coming from the various homesteads and converging at the well.

The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has commissioned a Sh32 million water laboratory in Embu County to ensure that clean water is available for consumption by area residents, Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa has said.