In the recent past, poor hygiene has led to cholera that has left hundreds dead.
County Health Executive Hitan Majevda said his department was in talks with water companies and the Kenya Revenue Authority to come up with specially packaged water to be made available in slums.
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He explained that slum residents found it hard to spend Sh40 or more on clean bottled water when there were other pressing needs such as food and housing.
Currently, a 20-litre jerrican of water costs Sh20, but in light of the current water shortage, costs could go as high as Sh40.
It will also only be available in the slums and nowhere else,” he said.
Areas targeted in the initiative include Mukuru kwa Reuben, Huruma, Mathare, Kayole, Kibera, Korogocho and Dandora.
Last year, 92 police officers were admitted in city hospitals after they contracted cholera from contaminated food.
And 30 health professionals attending a conference in a high-end hotel were rushed to hospital with cholera symptoms.
According to the World Health Organisation, between 21,000 and 143,000 deaths from cholera are recorded worldwide.