The government has denied reports that the country could be split into two owing to fault lines witnessed along the Mai Mahiu Narok Road.
According to Mining Principal Secretary John Omenge, the Geologist Society of Kenya was wrong for suggesting that the country was splitting into two.
The cracks, stretching several kilometers along the Mai Mahui Narok road have been the center of speculation in the recent
This scenario has been witnessed on at least three occasions resulting in panic among the residents in Naivasha.
Initially, the appearance of the cracks were linked to massive earth movements but the government has dismissed claims that the country could be split into two following the emergence of the fault lines.
According to Omenge, numerous studies done in the area revealed underground washing of soil as the major contributor.The Principal Secretary who led senior government officials on a fact-finding mission in the area said the government was alarmed by increasing statements that the country could split into two due to tectonic movements.