Residents of Ruiru village in Subukia constituency have been left bewildered after a 45,000 cubic metres dam full to capacity ‘mysteriously disappeared’ on Sunday night.
The residents said that the ground developed a hole in the middle swallowing all the water.
The dam sitting on a two acre piece of land was under construction by National Youth Service (NYS) and Subukia CDF and has been the sole source of water to over 1,000 families.
According to David Kimani, a farmer, the dam was full to capacity on Sunday but by Monday morning, the dam dry.
“This dam was first built in 1971 and has been supplying water to all the residents especially for irrigation,” Kimani said.
He said that farmers have been left with no option and may end up losing crop and livestock.
Subukia sub-county water officer and site engineer John Njogu said: “the incident is a normal occurrence as a result of fault lines underground."
“We will work with a geologist to estimate the extent the effects,” Njogu said.
Josphat Kuria, a resident, called upon the government to quickly sort out the issue.