Westlands, Kilimani Affected as Nairobi Water Announces 24 Hour Disruption

A section of Nairobi residents have been advised to brace for a 24-hour water supply disruption from Monday, November 9 as the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company undertakes pipe connection works near Kianda School along Waiyaki Way.

In a notice on Sunday, the utility company said the shutdown would begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday and end at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10.

Nairobi Water explained that the interruption was necessary to facilitate the installation of new pipe connections, which it said would improve the reliability of water supply in the affected areas.

"Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company Ltd (Nairobi Water) wishes to inform its customers and the general public of a planned water supply interruption affecting several residential and commercial areas within Nairobi City," the notice read in part. 

Part of the areas set to be affected include  Westlands area, Riverside, Parklands and their environs. 

Other affected neighbourhoods include Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Upper Hill, Lower Hill and Madaraka. The disruption will also affect Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Forces Memorial Hospital, KEMRI flats, Mbagathi Hospital, the Department of Defence (DOD) and Uhuru Park.

In the southern part of the city, the interruption will affect Dog Unit in Langata, Langata Women's Prison, Kibera, Jamhuri and their surrounding areas.

Other locations listed in the notice include Amboseli, Hatheru, Chalbi, Kenya High, Woodley and areas along Ngong Road.

Customers in the affected neighbourhoods have since been urged to use the water available to them sparingly during the shutdown. 

The latest notice comes days after Nairobi Water announced another planned interruption affecting parts of the city. The shutdown, which ran from 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, to 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 6, was intended to facilitate connection works on the Karimenu Transmission Pipeline.

That interruption affected Kasarani, Mwiki, Clay City, Ruai, Njiru, Roysambu, Zimmerman, Kahawa Barracks, Kenyatta University, Kayole, Komarock, Soweto and Matopeni, among other areas.

In October, the utility also announced a three-day interruption from October 26 to October 29 to allow emergency repairs on the NCT-Kigoro-Gigiri-Kabete pipeline.

The shutdown affected several neighbourhoods, including Westlands, Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Kibera, Jamhuri, Upper Hill and parts of Langata.