President William Ruto has announced the resumption of construction of the Arror, Kimwarer, and Itare dams, which were subjected to court cases.
This comes after President Ruto held talks with visiting Italian President Sergio Mattarella.
The President stated at a joint press conference on Tuesday that the framework for resolving outstanding issues concerning the Arror, Kimwarer, and Itare dams has been developed, and the facilities provided for the projects have been renegotiated.
“The government of Kenya and Italy have agreed to withdraw the arbitration cases against Itare, Arror and Kimwarer Dams. We should be able to go on with the construction of these three dams in a few months; an issue that has stalled for almost three years,” Ruto said.
Ruto said the two countries have committed in good faith to also re-establish cooperation on other water and sanitation programme which are critical to Kenya’s agenda on food security, delivery of water and climate action.
He further explained that Kenya and Italy have agreed on a framework to settle all the outstanding court cases and matters surrounding the three dams.
“The terms will also be renegotiated so that we can provide for the delivery of the dams and implementation of projects,” Ruto added.
