Kenya: Crisis looms as rivers around Mt Kenya dry up
By | Published: June 30, 2007
Standard: Joseph Manyara crouches over loose rocks and digs his hands into a muddy sludge seeping with water. Soon, his hands are filled with water, which he empties into a bucket. He repeats the procedure several times, surrounded by scores of impatient children also waiting to fill their buckets from Ngarenaro River on the base of Mount Kenya. "There is little water left," says Manyara with a note of despair. The river, which was once roaring with water from the mountain, …
Kenya: Crisis looms as rivers around Mt Kenya dry up
Standard: Joseph Manyara crouches over loose rocks and digs his hands into a muddy sludge seeping with water. Soon, his hands are filled with water, which he empties into a bucket. He repeats the procedure several times, surrounded by scores of impatient children also waiting to fill their buckets from Ngarenaro River on the base of Mount Kenya. "There is little water left," says Manyara with a note of despair. The river, which was once roaring with water from the mountain, …
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