{"id":5870,"date":"2019-10-11T09:56:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T06:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:36","slug":"state-inks-deal-to-end-coast-region-water-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/11\/state-inks-deal-to-end-coast-region-water-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"State Inks Deal To End Coast Region Water Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Daily Nation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Water shortages in\nMombasa could soon be a thing of the past after the government obtained China\u2019s\nnod to fund the Sh42 billion Mzima Springs II pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes barely\nweeks after Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho successfully petitioned President\nUhuru Kenyatta to prioritize the project as he sought to alleviate the region\u2019s\nwater woes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SH42 BILLION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mombasa requires about\n150 million litres of water daily, with the demand expected to increase to 187\nmillion litres next year, explaining the urgency of this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mzima Springs II, once\noperational, is expected to boost water supply to towns in Mombasa,\nTaita-Taveta, Kwale and Kilifi counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal, to be signed\nin the next few months after China\u2019s Exim Bank board approved the environmental\nimpact assessment, advances the pipeline project that will pump 105,000 cubic\nmetres per day. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/news\/State-inks-deal-to-end-Coast-region-water-woes\/1056-5306818-55722m\/index.html\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daily Nation Water shortages in Mombasa could soon be a thing of the past after the government obtained China\u2019s nod to fund the Sh42 billion Mzima Springs II pipeline.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}