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Residents of Perkerra Ward in Baringo County perform during the launch of the solar-powered Toniok Borehole, a project expected to provide reliable water to more than 500 households. [Courtesy]
A solar-powered borehole is now supplying more than 500 households in Perkerra Ward, Baringo County, ending years of water shortages caused by an unreliable diesel-powered system residents could not afford to run.
The Toniok Borehole was officially launched by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kenya, Henk Jan Bakker, under the Catchment to Tap (C2T) Project.
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands funded the initiative, while the World-Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya (WWF-Kenya) implemented it in partnership with World Waternet, Vitens Evides International, the Centre for Integrated Water Basin Management at Egerton University and the Kenya Water and Sanitation Network (KEWASNET).
