A man fetching water in a well dug in the middle of dry Thanantu River in Tharaka constituency, Tharaka Nithi County. Residents of the hunger-hit Tharaka constituency have called on the government to provide them with relief food and water.
Tharaka Nithi County Commissioner Mr Nobert Komora has asked the Water Resources Authority (WRA) to sue people who have diverted rivers to their farms denying those downstream the commodity.
Addressing the media at his office on Monday, Mr Komora said most of the permanent rivers coming from Mt Kenya forest are flowing upstream but completely dry downstream in Tharaka constituency.
