Woman Representative of Kisii County, Dorice Donya, Inaugurates Three Boreholes to Ease Water Access for Women and Schoolchildren
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Kisii Woman Rep Dorice Donya during the commissioning of the borehole at Tabaka Ward South Mugirango Kisii County. Photo/Elizabeth Angira
By Elizabeth Angira
Dorice Donya, the Woman Representative of Kisii County, has inaugurated three boreholes in the region to alleviate the burden on women and schoolchildren who previously had to walk long distances to access water.
The commissioning of this borehole took place in Tabaka, South Mugirango, Kisii County.
Speaking with the residents during the commissioning, Donya emphasized that these boreholes would provide the community with access to clean water for domestic use, addressing the chronic water shortage they had been facing.
She pointed out that during drought seasons, incidents of rape, underage pregnancies, and defilement were frequently reported because girls and women had to journey long distances in search of water.
Donya highlighted the challenges faced by young women and girls who had to travel many kilometers to find water, exposing them to sexual and gender-based violence.
“This also resulted in girls missing school, and women were unable to engage in other activities due to the time spent searching for water,” she said.
She mentioned that the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) had initiated the process of sinking boreholes in the county to provide clean water to the community and nearby schools.
Donya believed that providing water in schools would help retain students in class, ultimately improving their academic performance by enabling them to focus on their studies.
Jimmy Kenyanya, a member of the county assembly from Tabaka, expressed that the boreholes would supply water not only to students but also to the local communities.
“This water would also be channeled to nearby markets through pipes, eliminating the need for pupils to carry water containers to school,” he said.
Kenyanya celebrated the end of the era where residents had to walk long distances to fetch water, particularly during drought seasons.
He encouraged residents to utilize this water for farming since they no longer needed to travel long distances to fetch it.
Donya assured the community that she would continue to drill boreholes in the other six constituencies and called upon the national government to provide water storage solutions for residents, especially during the rainy season, as water storage had been a significant challenge for many households.
In addition to the boreholes commissioned in Tabaka, Dorice Donya also launched boreholes in Masimba and Magena during the same exercise, further addressing the water scarcity issue in Kisii County.
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