President William Ruto has said that Itare dam in Kuresoi North will be completed. Speaking at an interdenominational thanksgiving service for his new administration at Nakuru Athletic Club, the President told Nakuru residents not to be anxious, assuring them that they would enjoy water from the dam soon. Among the areas set to benefit from this water project are Molo, Rongai, Kuresoi and Nakuru town.
After her election as Nakuru Governor last year, Susan Kihika promised that the dam would be among the top development projects within the county and would be prioritized in a bid to help locals residing in various sub-counties facing perennial water shortage.
The dam stalled after CMC di Ravenna, an Italian firm, which won the tender in 2014, filed for bankruptcy in 2018 in Italy, after sinking billions of shillings in the construction work.
The project comprised a 57m high dam, 100,000m3/day water treatment works, 1.2m diameter 113-km pipeline, 14.5km Bulk Transfer tunnel, water distribution improvement works, sewerage network and treatment works. The estimated cost was in excess of Kes 38b.
