Water everywhere in Kilifi, but not a drop to drink

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Women from Kizingo village in Chonyi Sub County camp to fetch water. The residents have experienced water scarcity for more than 10 years.

Photo credit: Maureen Ongala | Nation Media Group

“Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink,” wrote English poet Taylor Coleridge.

The 18th Century poet could well have had the residents of Kilifi County in Kenya in mind when he wrote those now-famous words.

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