Crocodile attack

Siakago MP Lenny Kivuti has decried increased crocodiles attacks at Kiambere hydro power dam which has lead to loss of several lives and livestock.
 
He said many women have lost their lives drawing water from the crocodile infested reservoir and blamed KenGen for neglecting the residents.
 
Kivuti noted that despite the region having five major hydro dams residents have no access to drinking water noting that the dams were the source of their many miseries.
 
The lawmaker was addressing hundreds of angry demonstrators yesterday who had shut the Kivaa-Kiambere road to protest Sunday’s killing of a woman by a crocodile.
 
“It is very sad for people to be killed by wild animals when looking for water. We must get a solution and stop the deaths,” said the MP.
 
Tana and Athi Regional Development Authority (TARDA), KenGen and Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) were blamed for the problem.
 
Residents said since the Kiambere Dam was constructed and commissioned in 1988 crocodiles have multiplied at a high late causing human/wildlife conflict.
 
The irate residents blocked the road for more than 20 hours preventing KenGen staff from moving from one point to the other.
 
Mbeere North DC John Chelimo, OCPD Tom Odero and KWS Embu county warden Jane Gitau addressed the demonstrators who late cleared the road.
 
The DC regretted the death and noted that cases of attacks have increased in the recent past due to frequent droughts that has led to water shortages.
 
The KWS donated Sh10, 000 while the MP gave Sh5, 000 to the family of Joyce Ruguru who was killed on Sunday morning at the water reservoir.
 
KWS compensates a death occasioned by a wildlife animal at a maximum of Sh200, 000 and an injury is paid sh50, 000.