Leaders Cry Foul as Kenyatta Cancels Building of Disputed Dam

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has accused the technical committee that recommended the cancellation of the U.S.$214 million Kimwarer dam of bias and misleading President Uhuru Kenyatta. An investigation established that the controversial project - which led to Henry Rotich and Kamau Thugge losing their jobs - was "technically and financially unfeasible".

The area where the Kimwarer dam would have been built in Elgeyo-Marakwet.

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