A group of Kipsigis elders have asked Opposition leader Raila Odinga to stop the construction of Itare Dam in Kuresoi.

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The dam is another project by the Jubilee government in conjunction with the World bank costing Sh38 billion. It is meant to give water to Nakuru and its environs.

Raila met the elders in a Kericho hotel where they asked for help to stop the construction.

According to sources privy to the meeting, the faction of elders claim the dam will lead to environmental effects such as drying of rivers.