[PHOTOS] Water shortage hits Taita Taveta as drought persists

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• They have resorted to digging wells in the riverbeds and queueing for long hours at the few available water points.

• In Wundanyi sub county, some are forced to walk for 15 kilometres to fetch water at a borehole dug by the Catholic Church at Kishushe area.

by SHARON MWENDE

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03 November 2022 - 21:24

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Joseph Kalai, 17, draws water from a well dug at the river bed of dried up Voi River, Mwatate, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

Taita Taveta residents are facing water shortage after rivers and dams dried up due to the ongoing drought.

They have resorted to digging wells in the riverbeds and queueing for long hours at the few available water points.

Residents wait with water jericans at a borehole dug by Catholic church at Kishushe area in Wundanyi subcounty, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

In Wundanyi sub county, some are forced to walk for 15 kilometres to fetch water at a borehole dug by the Catholic Church at Kishushe area.

This is after the Kishenyi Dam dried up.

The residents have urged the government to dig more boreholes in the area to help them fight water scarcity.

A congrate for measuring water levels is exposed as water completely dries up at a dam at the outskirts of Mwatate town, Taita Taveta on October 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

Residents wait with water jericans at a borehole dug by Catholic church at Kishushe area in Wundanyi subcounty, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

A man is seen on a cracked up surface of dried up Kishenyi Dam in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

John Kamau fetching water at a well on dried up Voi River, Mwatate, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

John Kamau helps Rose Kaluma load a water jerican at a well on dried up Voi River, Mwatate, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

Rose Kaluma at a well on dried up Voi River, Mwatate, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

Rose Kaluma carrying a water jerican from a well on dried up Voi River, Mwatate, Taita Taveta on November 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU

A congrate for measuring water levels is exposed as water completely dries up at a dam at the outskirts of Mwatate town, Taita Taveta on October 3, 2022.
Image: ANDREW KASUKU