By Bisola Adeyemo
Murang’a County Director of Meteorology, Paul Murage, has said that Kenya may experience water scarcity early January to February 2022.
This came as a result of the ongoing short rainfall in some counties that are below average, this results proves that the dam may not attain full capacity by the end of the season.
According to KNA, Dams in some county remained low despite some parts of the country continuing to receive substantial rains.
Also, the main source (Gatanga Sub dam) of water supplied to Nairobi City County has decreased to 69 percent.
“Meteorological department earlier predicted below average and poorly distributed rainfall during this season. The ongoing rains are expected to reduce before December 25 and we fear the dam may not get filled,” observed the director.
Murage therefore encourage people to store rain water during the remaining rain-days.
“People should embrace storing of rain water. Before Christmas, some parts of the country will continue to have rains and it’s my appeal for people to harvest water and store it for the future.
“January and February will be dry months and only a few places will have light showers thus scarcity of water in many parts of the country.
“Water levels in many of the rivers in the county have remained low. This may worsen in January and February when there will be no rains. Residents need to plan well now especially on issues like fodder as there will be scarcity of pasture in early months of next year,” added Murage.
