Kenya: Lack of Water Treatment Blamed for Kisumu Cholera Outbreak

Nairobi — The Kisumu County Government says a breakdown of the water treatment plant at the Kodiaga Prison could have occasioned the cholera outbreak that left three people dead.

Water County Executive Barack Abonyo said the prison facility will be given chlorine to help them in treating their water and said they will be connected to water being supplied by Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company.

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