Meru MCAs want polluted boreholes shut down

A resident of Rwarera in Buuri Sub County in Meru quenches his thirst at a borehole in the area on January 3, 2019. [File, Standard]

Meru County Assembly members have asked the executive to close boreholes with contaminated water.

In a report compiled by the Water, Environment and Natural Resources Committee and presented in the assembly by Betty Kiambati, the MCAs said water in some of the boreholes was unfit for human consumption.