NAIROBI, Kenya – At least 15 estates and several key institutions in Nairobi are grappling with water supply disruptions following a fault along the Kabete-Kibera-Lang’ata pipeline, the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) has announced.
In a public notice, NWSC said technical teams had been dispatched to restore normal supply and advised affected residents to use stored water sparingly in the meantime.
The estates hit by the outage include Lang’ata, Kibera, Kilimani, Lavington, Parklands, Riverside, and Kileleshwa, along with neighbourhoods along Ngong and Lang’ata roads.
Estates along Raila Odinga Road—such as Madaraka and Nyayo Highrise—as well as Nairobi West are also affected.
Major institutions, including The Nairobi Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital, and the University of Nairobi’s main and Chiromo campuses, have also reported interruptions.
“In the meantime, we have dispatched our water tankers to the affected estates for residents to draw water free of charge,” NWSC Managing Director Nahashon Muguna said.
The water company attributed the disruption to “technical challenges along the Kabete-Kibera-Lang’ata water supply pipeline” but did not specify when normal services would resume.
The shortage comes amid Nairobi’s growing water demand. The city, home to more than five million residents and a daytime population of up to seven million, requires about 900 million litres of water daily.
Current supply averages 525 million litres, leaving a deficit of nearly 375 million litres.
In March, President William Ruto announced that the 11.8 km Northern Water Collector Tunnel would soon be commissioned to ease shortages by channeling floodwaters from rivers in Murang’a to Ndakaini Dam, Nairobi’s main source.
The project is expected to inject an additional 140 billion litres into the system.
NWSC said it continues to monitor the situation and will provide regular updates on restoration timelines.
