Kiambu County government will soon embark on the construction of a Sh2.2 billion sewerage system, a government official has said. The county’s water, environment and natural resources County Executive Committee member (CeC) Engineer Esther Njuguna said the current sewerage system couldn’t serve the needs of the ever-growing population. Speaking in Ruiru town on Friday during this year’s world environment day, Njuguna disclosed that the county government has already struck a deal with the World Bank for construction of a modern sewer system. She warned residents against disposing solid waste into rivers saying that anybody who does so will be arrested. “We cannot sit back and watch our ecosystem being disrupted. We will have failed future generations as some aquatic lives will be lost and at times some species might become extinct like the historical dinosaur,” she said. She defended governor William Kabogo’s plans to buy vehicles for ward administrators. Njuguna said the vehicles wills speed up movement of county officials in line with service delivery.

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