📋 Tender Overview
Scope : Construction of Eight Irrigation Dams in Meru in Eastern Kenya.
Improving water supply to farmers to prevent food insecurity in Meru is the ambition of the Kenyan government, which has just announced the construction of eight dams in this town in eastern Kenya.
The irrigation project was announced on 22 April 2023 by the President of the Republic of Kenya, William Ruto. This was during an official visit to Meru to launch and inaugurate several development projects. In the Kenyan town, eight water reservoirs will soon be built to strengthen farmers’ resilience to drought.
The climate phenomenon is causing a decline in agricultural yields in Meru, with a direct impact on people’s livelihoods.
While the Kenyan government has not yet revealed the launch date and capacity of the future dams, it indicates that the irrigation project will take five years from the start of construction. The various projects will require an investment of 30 billion Kenyan shillings, more than $220.6 million.
