Kilifi taps run dry over Sh60m power bill

COAST water consumers served by the Baricho water station in Malindi have been hit by an acute water scarcity after the Kenya Power disconnected electricity at the water plant because of a Sh69 million electricity bill arrears. The water station serves most of the towns in the north coast and supplies Mombasa town with about 75 per cent. Taps in Kilifi and Malindi towns have been dry for the last three days with people turning to boreholes to get water...