This is after the court directed seizure of the machinery and vehicles awaiting the outcome of case filed by Barclays Bank. The Business Daily learnt that in Kuresoi, Nakuru County where the company has been constructing the now stalled multibillion-shilling Itare dam, heavy security had been deployed to ensure the firm does not sell, transfer or interfere with equipment. Fate unknownThe latest developments have added into the financial problems that saw the Italian firm abandon construction of the Sh38 Itare dam in Kuresoi and also failed to start building Arror and Kimwarer dams in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. Hopes that the construction of Itare dam would resume soon have further been dwindled, with its fate unknown even as Nakuru leaders protested over the stalemate. “Hopes of water supply for Nakuru town, Molo, Njoro town, Elburgon, Rongai and parts of Kuresoi were pegged on the completion of the dam.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 21, 2019 12:11 UTC