The county government of Mombasa has started closing down illegal boreholes in the county. 

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It has been said there are so many boreholes that were sunk against the law, at an unauthorized places across the county.

Mombasa County government's Water Executive Fatuma Awale said the county government had formed an enforcement team that will be going around the county to administer the order, closure of the illegal boreholes.

Ms. Awale said the formed team will start by dealing with those boreholes selling water illegally. She added that such like illegal selling usually deny the county its revenue.

"These are boreholes selling water purporting to be their personal property. When they do so, the revenue to the government is lost." said Ms. Awale as quoted in Daily nation.

Ms. Awale said most of the illegal boreholes doing the illegal business are found in Nyali constituency and Kisauni constituency. 

Previously former Nyali parliamentary aspirant Said Abdalla alias Saido was funding borehole projects in Nyali constituency, the constituency said to have many illegal boreholes. The project was going with the name  'Saedo Foundation'. 

It is not yet determined if the boreholes Saido funded are legal or illegal.