Eighty-five percent of the Mutaitin-Matura water pan in Kajiado West Constituency has been restored. The project is anticipated to improve the region’s resilience to drought, increase food security, and generate jobs.
The initiative is a component of President Dr. William Ruto’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) on food security and climate resilience, according to State Department for Irrigation Principal Secretary CPA Ephantus Kimotho.
The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) is carrying out the project, which entails modernizing the 60,000-cubic-meter facility to provide homes with a sustainable water supply for irrigation, livestock, and domestic usage.
Kimotho emphasized the project’s significance in combating drought, enhancing community resilience, and sustaining livelihoods when speaking during a tour of the construction site.
“Initiatives like these empower people with dependable water for homes, livestock, and agriculture while offering sustainable solutions to drought concerns.
Investing in these programs raises living standards generally, increases food production, and aids locals in adapting to climate change, he said.
In order to guarantee communities have a steady supply of water and a future that is robust to climate change, he reiterated the government’s commitment to building irrigation infrastructure across the country.
Sunkuiya applauded the effort, pointing out that water pans were essential in improving water collection and storage while lessening the strain of traveling great distances in search of water.
In Kajiado County, NIA is working on a number of other projects, such as 16 community water pans that could irrigate 756 acres and have a total storage capacity of 1.13 million cubic meters.
Along with seven smallholder irrigation projects that, when finished, are anticipated to put 8,650 acres under production, the Authority has also built 357 family water pans under the family Irrigation Water Storage Project, which supports 701 acres.
