The first phase of the Makamini Dam project has launched in McKinnon Road Ward, Kinango sub county, by Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya and the Water, Sanitation and Irrigation CS Sicily Kariuki.
In arid and semi-arid sections of the huge county, the Sh1.2 billion water project is projected to improve access to water, health, and cleanliness.
After completion, the project will provide potable water to approximately 40,000 people in the Makamini, Kinagoni, Matumbi, Mtaa, Mabesheni, Bofu, Kibandaongo, Mnyenzeni, and Mwamdudu sublocations.
The project is funded by the national government through the Coast Water Works Development Agency.
The construction of the Makamini dam project becomes the second big project after the Mwache multipurpose dam project.
The project is meant to harness the flood flows from Mwache River basin for domestic water supply and irrigation in Kwale and Mombasa counties.
The Sh20 billion Mwache Dam is an 87.5-meter-tall concrete gravity dyke, impounding 118 million cubic meters for water supply and irrigation and is expected to boost the water supply for the two coastal counties.
