Ninteen new Cholera cases have been confirmed in Naivasha town as reported incidents of the health crisis continued to escalate.
The new cases have been reported in the sprawling Kihoto estate near Lake Naivasha.
One of the latest victims had gone to visit the estate when he contacted the disease raising fears that he could have spread it.
A source from the public health ministry of Nakuru county termed the situation as critical warning that it could escalate to unmanageable levels.
The officer who is not authorized to speak to the press said that the move to douse all shallow wells in the estate with chlorine was not bearing fruits.
“The situation is worrying by the day as the number of those people affected continues to rise against limited resources,” the officer said.
The officer accused area residents of failing to co-operate noting that the cases could spread to neighboring estates.
“Water consumed in this estate is not fit for animal consumption due to the high fecal matter but the residents are still drinking it,” said the officer.
Recent tests done on five of the main shallow wells confirmed that all of them were contaminated with high levels of human waste.
“Water samples collected and analyzed from several wells in the estate have high levels of fecal coliform which is an indication of high contamination,” he said.
Speaking earlier, the county disease surveillance officer Elizabeth Kiptoo noted that the water was the major cause of the outbreak.
Kiptoo said that health officers were doing everything possible to control the outbreak which has affected many flower farm workers.
“The estate is home to tens of flower farm workers some of whom had traveled from Western Kenya thus turning out to be carriers of the bacteria,” she said.
Area MCA Simon Wanyoike admitted that there was a crisis but said it could be fully resolved by addressing the water problem.
“We are worried by the trend the outbreak is taking as the number of those affected continue to rise by the day,” Wainyoike said.