Kibera slums in Nairobi.[Photo/AgainstTheCompass]Nairobi county government has announced plans to introduce special-package water for slum dwellers in order to fight cholera.
County Health Executive Hitan Majevda has said his department was in talks with water companies and the Kenya Revenue Authority to come up with specially packaged water for informal settlements.
“Water companies such as Quencher have already shown interest in the venture and I am trying to convince them to reduce their price to below Sh10 for the slum dwellers,” said Mr Majevda.
He said the idea is to reduce the price of a 20-litre water bottle to less than Sh10 to make it affordable for the residents.
He explained that slum residents found it hard to spend Sh40 or more on clean bottled water when there were other pressing needs such as food and housing.