Kempinski Hotel, MP Shah Hospital, Westlands Among Other Areas to Experience Water Outage
Kempinski Hotel, MP Shah Hospital, Westlands among other sites in Nairobi will experience a water cut-off for two days following the building of the Nairobi expressway.
Leah Mukangai 
In a notice released on Wednesday, February 2, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited publicized that the shortage would begin on Thursday, February 3, at 6:00 a.m and last till Friday, February 4, at 6:00 p.m.
The company claimed that the outage was caused by the continuing building of the Nairobi expressway and that it will have an impact on estates along Waiyaki Way. During this period, the contractor will connect the relocated pipeline to the old conduit.
"The shutdown will facilitate interconnection of relocated pipeline to the old pipeline along Waiyaki Way Road from Old Safaricom Building to the junction of Waiyaki Way Road and Wangari Mathai Road starting from 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 3, 2022, to Friday, February 4, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.," stated the notice.
The whole of Parklands, Westlands, Muguga Green, Nairobi School, and Kabete Barracks estates will receive the hardest hit during this period.
Other affected areas will include estates along Waiyaki Way, Rhapta Road, Parklands Road, Mpaka Road, Chiromo Lane, Manyani Road, and Church Road.
NCWS has advised its customers to use water wisely during the outage.
Several sectors, including water, electricity, and transportation, have faced varying degrees of disruption to permit the transfer of pipes and power poles during the expressway's construction, which is anticipated to be completed in mid-2022.
