Following the approach of the drought season, Kibera residents are now facing difficulties as they are forced to walk long distances to look for water as some are forced to dig deep into their pockets to buy water for their houses.
Buying water has become very expensive because a 20-litre jerrycan of water costs sh25 and a 10-litre jerrycan costs sh15 and this previously cost sh5 and sh3 respectively.
A good number of water fetching points were closed down, due to lack of water, something residents say the Nairobi Water Company has disconnected water coming to the slums of Kibera despite the huge water bills they pay every month. Water vendors within the slums of Kibera have used this to make a benefit from selling water to Kibera residents. The vendors are getting huge profits from the sales of water daily saving up to more sh1, 500 per day.
Lukas Nyakundi, one of the vendors who owns a cart that he uses to carry more than 40 containers of water, said that since water shortage hit the slums of Kibera, he has been enjoying business daily making huge profits than any other days.
''In a day, I go 10 trips to fetch water from my supplier and I usually move around Kibera to sell the water to the residents. I have employed 4 boys who help me push the cart around, later in the day I pay them sh100 each and in a day I save upto sh 1000 - 1500,'' said Nyakundi.