DISASTER IN WAITING:
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Denis Young
Elder Lister
People need to be more deliberate with their water storage. There was a time years ago rain harvesting was so common. Sijui what happened. I am looking at our already mature maize looking so green and plum because they can be watered when needed. If you combine irrigation with cheap inputs, we will quickly jump into food surplus.
If all the residents of that county should decide to urinate at the same time to restart the river
dereva
New Lister
Tiga maheni, Thiba has always been like this during the dry season. Even long before the dam was constructed.
zapp_brannigan
I am not a Futurama fan .
Already most places kuna shida ya maji .
mzeiya
Elder Lister
I think the unfortunate bit is that the rains will come, carry with them the top nutritious soil and drain it into lakes and oceans.
We need a systematic shift in how we do things. For instance, there was a dam that had started being constructed to create a reservoir from the waters of River Athi only to be discovered that due to toxic discharge upstream, that water would be deadly to lives.
Not sure what the ultimate solution can be but I'm sure there are smarter people than me who are hopefully seeking practical solutions.
We need a systematic shift in how we do things. For instance, there was a dam that had started being constructed to create a reservoir from the waters of River Athi only to be discovered that due to toxic discharge upstream, that water would be deadly to lives.
Not sure what the ultimate solution can be but I'm sure there are smarter people than me who are hopefully seeking practical solutions.
Mwalimu-G
Elder Lister
Herein lies our problem; everyone hopes someone is doing something yet no one is doing anything. No one is giving it the priority it deserves.
mzeiya
Elder Lister
Mimi all I can do is for my household and shamba which I've duly done. But for national food security, for wildlife, for nature... That's beyond me. Nikiangalia what I'm deducted as PAYE, inauma sana.
By the end of this month, most rivers will have either dried up or will have very little water. A recent Trip from Nairobi to Nanyuki says this will be a tough year. By the end of this month there probably won't be any fish being hawked at sagana. Most rivers are really low and as I learnt, most streams feeding these rivers have dried up. I expect forest fires too.
Field Marshal
Elder Lister
This is what I have been saying all along about the predicament we are in; every one is waiting for somebody else to come up with solutions...
Karma_mama
Elder Lister
There should be a ban on export of food and flowers until it rains.
We have to treat water as the precious resource it is and use it to feed the local population.
Otherwise, we will be as ridiculous as Nigeria, exporting all their oil and leaving its people with no electricity.
We have to treat water as the precious resource it is and use it to feed the local population.
Otherwise, we will be as ridiculous as Nigeria, exporting all their oil and leaving its people with no electricity.
Mwalimu-G
Elder Lister
We need those pounds and dollars to buy meds, pay IMF.
Field Marshal
Elder Lister
I guess we will just have to adopt walking because petrol requires dollars. As do farm and motor vehicle spare parts....