Kenya: Government and Locals Differ Over Thwake Dam

4 December 2017

The government and residents of Kitui and Makueni counties are locked in a disagreement over what the proposed Thwake dam should produce first.

Locals want the Sh62 billion dam to produce water for domestic purposes and irrigation while the government insists on electricity.

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