Residents of Maralal town are facing acute water shortage after the Samburu Water and Sanitation Company ran out of water treatment chemical.
The residents say they're living in fear of waterborne diseases due to lack of piped water to their homes.
The problem has lasted for a month.
“We are using salty water that is not safe, many of us have developed rushes,” a resident Peter Chege told the Star on Thursday.
Caroline Akinyi another resident said the cost of twenty-litre
jerrican of salty water has risen from Sh5 to Sh10.
“Recently we heard that power was disconnected but they paid, so we are hoping they will buy chemicals for water treatment soon,” said another resident.
