Limuru catchment

[Meria]

#copied
This year April to May rains were heavy enough. Manguo swamp become a small lake. It started to overflow eastwards to Limuru town.

Today I decided to take a walk in the neighbourhood. Then I found that someone decided to drain the swamp and dug up a trench that has ensured continuous flow regime of a"new" stream. This reminded me of those years of yore, when we had a stream originating from the swamp, passing through Bata shoe company gate as it heads South East to join Gathanji stream, near Limuru milk processor.

The then Limuru Municipal council, decided to block the Manguo stream from the source and the adjacent land become a prime property. Along the stream riparian land are to be found, residential and commercial property worth millions of shillings.
With the opening of the swamp for eastward flow, those buildings are now marooned and uninhabitable. Some crafty property owners are now doing what the disgraced governor Waititu proposed, to divert the river course. The Limuru sub county admin office is just 500M away.
Who authorised the draining of this important water source? Limuru town is supplied with water from the 4 boreholes within the swamp locality.
The gist:
What's the status of those marooned plots? Who authorised the construction of the drainage culvert, now coming up near Cactus Petrol station?
Given the importance of Lari, Roromo, Manguo and Kikuyu swamps, the role there play in Nairobi ground water flow, how are we going to sustain the stability of those tall buildings in Nairobi?
Why should we have a slaughter house within the riparian region of the swamp? Are authorities and government scientists not aware that an increase in nitrogen content in water sources is carcinogenic?
There is a claim on this swamp by some property developers, are there the one draining the swamp with ulterior motives?
Someone help tag, CS Tobiko!
cc @Field Marshal @Aviator

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Hiyo swamp kuna drought ya mwaka fulani ilikuwa imekauka mpaka watu wakagawana na kufence buroti maguta maguta.

 

[Meria]

Hiyo swamp kuna drought ya mwaka fulani ilikuwa imekauka mpaka watu wakagawana na kufence buroti maguta maguta.

Sasa ona.
It has ended in tears.
And more tears on the way when keraiko gets there

 

[shocks]

at least hii ime happen kwa watu walijua hapa kilikuwa na swamp/stream. I mean anybody old enough to buy land is old enough to have seen a swamp/stream there at one point or have met someone who new about it
Lake Baringo na Nakuru ni tofauti, kuna ma nyanya na babu who have lived in those places all their lives and never seen the lakes at their current levels.

 

[Snowball]

Sasa ona.
It has ended in tears.
And more tears on the way when keraiko gets there

@Meria thanks for sharing this. Swamps are important ecosystems in the environment. There is still so much ignorance in Kenya about important roles each ecosystem plays in balancing sustainable livelihood of all living things. Human greed is throwing everything off balance. The good news is that in most cases, however long it takes, nature always come back and reclaims its place.

 

[Cortedivoire]

Swali zako pelekea chief

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

Hiyo swamp kuna drought ya mwaka fulani ilikuwa imekauka mpaka watu wakagawana na kufence buroti maguta maguta.

1998-1999...was in Limuru then. They had even left a football field where we used to go watch Sunday football.

 

[Field Marshal]

This swamp has been there since time begun. Any grabbers should be thrown out ASAP.

 

[Kasaman]

#copied
This year April to May rains were heavy enough. Manguo swamp become a small lake. It started to overflow eastwards to Limuru town.

Today I decided to take a walk in the neighbourhood. Then I found that someone decided to drain the swamp and dug up a trench that has ensured continuous flow regime of a"new" stream. This reminded me of those years of yore, when we had a stream originating from the swamp, passing through Bata shoe company gate as it heads South East to join Gathanji stream, near Limuru milk processor.

The then Limuru Municipal council, decided to block the Manguo stream from the source and the adjacent land become a prime property. Along the stream riparian land are to be found, residential and commercial property worth millions of shillings.
With the opening of the swamp for eastward flow, those buildings are now marooned and uninhabitable. Some crafty property owners are now doing what the disgraced governor Waititu proposed, to divert the river course. The Limuru sub county admin office is just 500M away.
Who authorised the draining of this important water source? Limuru town is supplied with water from the 4 boreholes within the swamp locality.
The gist:
What's the status of those marooned plots? Who authorised the construction of the drainage culvert, now coming up near Cactus Petrol station?
Given the importance of Lari, Roromo, Manguo and Kikuyu swamps, the role there play in Nairobi ground water flow, how are we going to sustain the stability of those tall buildings in Nairobi?
Why should we have a slaughter house within the riparian region of the swamp? Are authorities and government scientists not aware that an increase in nitrogen content in water sources is carcinogenic?
There is a claim on this swamp by some property developers, are there the one draining the swamp with ulterior motives?
Someone help tag, CS Tobiko!
cc @Field Marshal @Aviator View attachment 20050View attachment 20051View attachment 20052View attachment 20053View attachment 20054View attachment 20055View attachment 20056View attachment 20057

True ,draining the swamp has coursed flooding between Bata shoe company and the railway bridge along route 116, this was wrong ! Watu wamechora to grab the riparian land .let them know kina Gathìiri with saw mill plus others were there !