Nairobi Water to cut supply to Westlands, Kilimani and Kibera for 24 hours from 8 am on 9 November

Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (Nairobi Water) will cut supply for 24 hours, from 8 am on 9 November to 8 am on 10 November.

Engineers are making new pipe connections near Kianda School on Waiyaki Way, and the utility says the work will improve the reliability of supply. Its notice calls the cut "a planned water supply interruption affecting several residential and commercial areas within Nairobi City", as quoted by Kenyans.co.ke.

The areas named in the notice are Westlands, Riverside, Parklands, Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Upper Hill, Lower Hill, Madaraka, Kibera, Jamhuri, Amboseli, Hatheru, Chalbi, Woodley, Ngong Road, Kenya High, Uhuru Park, Dog Unit, KEMRI flats and Langata Women's Prison.

The notice also lists Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Forces Memorial Hospital, Mbagathi Hospital and the Department of Defence.

Nairobi Water urged residents and businesses to store enough water beforehand and to use what is available sparingly during the cut.

An earlier cut, from 3 am on 5 November to 8 am on 6 November, affected Kasarani, Mwiki, Ruai, Njiru, Roysambu, Kahawa Barracks, Kenyatta University, Kayole and other areas while the Athi Water Works Development Agency shut the Karimenu Transmission Pipeline for connection works. From 26 to 29 October, emergency repairs on the NCT-Kigoro-Gigiri-Kabete pipeline cut supply to Westlands, Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington and other neighbourhoods.