NAIROBI, Sept. 14 -- Mercy Mungai credits her resilience and fortitude to the climatic shocks that often strike her village sandwiched between rolling hills that dot Kajiado County, located southwest of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
The middle-aged mother of four, who ekes out a living through subsistence farming, has been a victim of recurrent droughts that have worsened water scarcity and food insecurity in her hamlet.
Mungai can now afford to put a smile on her face, thanks to the launch of a community water project in her locality by Kajiado county government and China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which is implementing the Nairobi-Naivasha part of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project.
The lively small-scale farmer and her two young children attended the ground-breaking ceremony for Kimuka Community Water Aid Project on Thursday at the exit of the 4.5 km SGR Ngong tunnel, where water will be tapped for supply to nearby households.
"Having lived in this county for nearly two decades, I have endured the pain of trekking long distances to fetch water for domestic use. This precious commodity has always eluded us due to frequent droughts," Mungai told Xinhua.
She is one of many who would benefit from the project, an initiative of the CCCC and Kajiado county government to help ease water supply challenges in a region inhabited by nomads and small-holder farmers.
Guo Qing, deputy general manager of the CCCC Kenya SGR Project, said that water tanks with total storage capacity of 1,600 cubic meters will be constructed to help quench thirst among thousands of households in Kajiado County.
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