Nairobi residents across several neighbourhoods will go without piped water for a full day. The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, known as Nairobi Water, will shut the supply from 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 9, until 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The utility announced the plan in a notice issued on Sunday.
Crews will install new pipe connections near Kianda School along Waiyaki Way. Nairobi Water says the work will make supply more reliable in the affected areas over time. The disruption will hit homes, businesses, and public institutions alike.
Westlands, Riverside, Parklands, and nearby estates will feel the cut. So will Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Upper Hill, Lower Hill, and Madaraka. Major facilities on the list include Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Forces Memorial Hospital, Mbagathi Hospital, and KEMRI flats. The Department of Defence and Uhuru Park are also affected.
In the south, the outage reaches Dog Unit in Langata, Langata Women's Prison, Kibera, and Jamhuri. Amboseli, Hatheru, Chalbi, Kenya High, Woodley, and areas along Ngong Road will also go dry for the day.
Nairobi Water has urged customers in these areas to store water and use what they have carefully during the shutdown. Hospitals and other institutions may need to plan ahead for the interruption.
The notice comes only days after another outage. From 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, to 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 6, Nairobi Water cut supply to Kasarani, Roysambu, Kayole, Ruai, Kahawa Barracks, Kenyatta University, and other areas. That work focused on connections along the Karimenu Transmission Pipeline. Earlier in October, a three-day shutdown from October 26 to October 29 hit Westlands, Kilimani, Kibera, Upper Hill, and parts of Langata. Emergency repairs on the NCT-Kigoro-Gigiri-Kabete pipeline caused that cut.
Residents should watch for updates from Nairobi Water as the works progress.
