By Vincent Matheka
Residents of Nguumo village,Kinyaata location,Yatta Subcounty are alarmed by the discovery of dead fish floating on the shores of Athi River.
This comes two days after the river began experiencing inflow of storm water from upstream.
Mutiso Kieti, a resident in the Yatta Subcounty laments that industrial effluent directed into River Athi could be the cause of the death of the fish in the river.
It is the second time in as many months for the spectacle to be witnessed along the river that is experiencing the heaviest pollution in history from industries upstream.
Residents who also use the water for various needs fear that they may be harmed and are urgeging the government to intervene to establish what might be killing the fish in River Athi.
The County Government of Machakos is in the forefront to mount pressure to the national government to undertake a cleaning exercise of the river, even as residents put pressure on the devolved unit to deliver on its duty to stop firms from discharging effluent on the river in order to ensure clean water for domestic use and for irrigation.
