{"id":8099,"date":"2020-05-19T20:13:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2020-05-19T20:13:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:13:20","slug":"two-villages-fight-over-dam-in-kiambu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/two-villages-fight-over-dam-in-kiambu","title":{"rendered":"Two villages fight over dam in Kiambu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Two villages in Lari, Kiambu, are in conflict over who is to blame for the flooding following the bursting of a dam.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Scheme village residents were protesting against a move by their Githirioni counterparts to dig a tunnel to let out the water.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The water destroyed farms and blocked roads, forcing the area administration to step in.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The bone of contention is a natural dam in Githirioni area sitting on 19 acres.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Water from the dam has overflown following heavy rains.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Joyce Githuku from Scheme village said the area has never experienced such kind of flooding even when it rains heavily.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are sitting ducks. The water in the dam can pull a surprise on us if the other villagers are allowed to dig tunnels directing water to us,&#8221; she said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Githuku added that Githirioni villagers are trying to channel the water away from their houses, but putting others in danger.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Peter Kanyingi, from Scheme village, said the thought of what the 154,550 cubic meters of water could do to their village is causing them sleepless nights.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We don\u2019t want to start the usual song of serikali saidia when we know where the problem is &#8230; ours is simple, block the tunnels.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A water engineer from the Kiambu county government had been called to solve the matter but residents accused him of planning to dig more tunnels.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The area assistant county commissioner, chief, inspector of police and village elders had to calm the protesting residents.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Eventually, the administrators agreed with the residents&#8217; proposal to seal the tunnels.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chief George Kahonokia asked them to donate sacks that would hold the soil with which the tunnels would be blocked.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The chief warned\u00a0 Githirioni residents against digging new tunnels or opening the blocked ones.<\/div>\n<p class=\"darktext pb-0 pl-2 mb-2\"><span class=\"categoryname mb-4\">CENTRAL<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Two villages in Lari, Kiambu, are in conflict over who is to blame for the flooding following the bursting of a dam. Scheme village residents were protesting against a move by their Githirioni counterparts to dig a tunnel to let out the water. 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