Eng. Philip Gichuki MD, Nairobi Water Company has confirmed that repairs on the supply pipe from Sasuma Dam have been completed and that normal water supply will resume in 36 hours.

The water supply pipe was damaged following flash floods from the Aberdare Mountains that caused the Sasuma Dam and Chania River, both major suppliers of water to Nairobi, to burst their banks leading to clogging up of tunnels and broken pipes.

Eng. Gichuka confirmed that production from Sasuma Dam has commenced but it will take approximately 36 hours before Nairobi Water Company systems are fully charged.

Areas affected by the water shortage include:

• Karen
• Lavington
• Westlands
• Parklands
• Spring Valley
• Kitusuru
• Loresho
• Kileleshwa
• Upper Hill
• Langata
• Kawangware
• Dagoreti Corner
• Uthiru
• Kangemi
• University of Nairobi Main Campus
• University of Nairobi, Lower and Upper Kabete Campus
• Riruta
• Satellite
• Kenyatta National Hospital
• Nairobi Hospital
• Waithaka
• Ngong Road
• Naivasha Road
• DOD
• Kenya Institute of Administration
• Community