Nairobi, Sept. 20 -- Water tariffs in Nyeri will be raised by up to 139.6 percent to offer the utility firm more cash to upgrade its supply network.
Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company Limited (Nyewasco) has invited public comments through the latest Kenya Gazette notice on proposed water tariff increase.
"Nyewasco proposes an upward tariff review to enable the water utility to operate at full cost recovery and meet conditions for improving service delivery," says the notice.
Hardest hit are government entities where consumers of between 1,000 litres (one unit) to 50 units have been bulked together where they will pay Sh75 a unit for less than 50 units, being 135.6 percent for the lowest consumers of below 10 units who are currently payin...