For decades, the Seven Forks Dams located in the lower Tana region of the Eastern part of Kenya have been known for power generation by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), which also manages them.
However, they are also credited with playing a key role in mitigating flooding downstream during extremely rainy seasons, like all other Dams.
The Dams are located in the following sites; Masinga, Kamburu, Gitaru Kindaruma and Kiambere, to tap most of the potential of the Tana River. Each of the five has a Power Station.
The dams were built to regulate floods downstream in that once one is filled, the excess water flows through the Tana River to the next dam until the five of them are filled.
