The view of Mara River in the world-famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve. [Photo/The Star]The government in conjunction with the World Bank (WB) has constructed a Sh300 million sewerage system in Bomet town to prevent pollution of Nyangores River which is a tributary to River Mara which empties its water in Lake Victoria.
The project was partially funded by the national Government and Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP) through the World Bank.
The project is one of the eight projects undertaken by the World Bank in the counties of Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay and Migori to protect
Lake Victoria from pollution due to economic activities are undertaken upstream.
Speaking to the press the Bomet Water Company Technical and Operations Manager, Milton Kitur said the wastewater treatment was now operational after the handing over of the project by the World Bank last year.
Kitur said that apart from the facility the county government of Bomet was also given two exhausters by the project to assist emptying septic tanks and pit latrines before the entire town is connected with the sewage system.
He also said the services of the exhauster has assisted to reduce water pollution in the county as some of the beneficiaries of the services includes multi-national tea firms, colleges, and schools.