Nyamira County MP Jerusha Momanyi has won the hearts of locals after she donated water tanks to four primary schools in the county.
The MP issued on Thursday 5000-liter water tanks to Ikonge SDA Primary school in Kemera ward, Nyambaso SDA Primary school, Sengera primary school and Ikobe primary schools in Manga ward.
She said all schools in the county will benefit from the program.
"Water supply and sanitation in most rural schools in Nyamira county are inadequate and sometimes do not exist at all. In most cases, school children have literally no source of water within there vicinity, forcing students in some of this schools to spend more time searching for the precious commodity at the expense of class work," she noted.
Ms Momanyi asked teachers to ensure the water tanks are in use and stop sending pupils to water springs to fetch water during class time.
"It is in light of this adversity, that I started the distribution of water tanks to encourage water harvesting to supplement existing sources. All schools will have a water tank to store water," said the MP.
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