List of dams and reservoirs in Kenya explained

The following is a partial list of dams in Kenya.

During Kenya's colonial era, the word "dam" referred to both the structure as well as the reservoir or lake impounded by it.^[1]

• Gitaru Reservoir
• Kamburu Dam
• Kiambere Reservoir
• Kindaruma Reservoir
• Masinga Reservoir
• Koromojo Dam
• Masinga Dam
• Mukurumudzi Dam
• Nairobi Dam
• Ruiru Dam
• Rukenya Dam
• Sasamua Dam
• Thika Dam
• Chebara Dam
• Karimenu Dam
• Thiba Dam
• Turkwel Dam
• Thwake Dam

Notes and References

1. Book: Pettman, Charles. Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names. 1913. Longmans, Green and Co.. 137.