Nairobi residents within the Central Business District (CBD) and several city estates will experience a two-day water outage, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company announced on Wednesday, July 8.
The outage will commence on Thursday, July 9, at 6 a.m. and end on Friday, July 10 at 6 p.m.
In the notice signed by Managing Director Engineer Nahason Muguna, Nairobi Water stated that the outage was occasioned by the shutdown of the Ngethu Water Treatment Plant.
The duration will allow engineers to repair works at Mwagu water intake along Chania River where raw water is abstracted raw water from. The intake was damaged by the heavy long rains witnessed in the country.
The areas that will be affected include the whole of City Centre, University of Nairobi main campus, Coca Cola Factory, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and EPZ-Athi River.
Areas along Mombasa Road: South B, South C and the neighbourhoods.
The whole of Industrial Area. Areas along Juja Road such as Mlango Kubwa, the whole of Mathare, Eastleigh Airforce, Huruma, Kariobangi, Pangani and the whole of Eastleigh.
Areas along Jogoo Road, from Maringo, Buruburu and the surrounding estates and Bahati.
Others areas to be affected include Baba Dogo, Dandora, Dandora KCC Factory, Umoja, Donholm, Fedha, Tassia, Avenue Park and Nyayo Embakasi all along Outer Ring Road.
Areas along Kangundo Road from Ruai, Kayole, Komarock estate and Njiru will also be affected.
Along Thika Road, Kenya Breweries, Kenyatta University, Kahawa Barracks, Kasarani, Mwiki, Kahawa Sukari, Garden Estate and Thome Estate will also experience the outage.
Finally, Parklands, Ngara area, Aga Khan Hospital, University of Nairobi-School of Law and City Park area, Gigiri, United Nation-Gigiri and Muthaiga will be affected.
"Whilst every effort will be made to restore the supply of water as soon as possible, we urge all customers in the affected areas to use water sparingly. Any inconvenience caused is highly regretted," Muguna stated.
