Construction of the Busia water project is set to be completed by June next year. This is according to an order issued by Water and Sanitation Principal Secretary Joseph for the works to be delivered the within the agreed 20 months.
The water supply and sanitation project is being built by Stecol Corporation who won the project contract and already given an advance payment of Sh 61m. It is located in Amoni village on the Kenya-Uganda border. Malaba town has no sewerage system and the project’s completion is expected to improve the town’s rainwater flow problems as well as sanitation.
Project’s advantage
Upon completion, the Sh 306m project is expected to serve the over 120,000 residents of Malaba town and its environs. The border town is usually floods during heavy rain since it lies on relatively flat land. Its environs are swampy. Among other challenges that have slowed down the project is the Covid-19 pandemic.
“There have been challenges here witnessed including the acquisition of this 45-acre land that is supposed to host the sewerage project. However the pipeline has already been laid and therefore the project is 26% complete. We designed this sewerage project so that it can sort out the sewerage problems of the area. It should also be ready for testing and commissioning by June next year,” said PS Joseph.
