Kenya is turning to solar power to pump water

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A plastic container is filled with water from a tap in Kawangware district of Nairobi, Kenya April 18, 2018. Picture taken April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi - RC1B801B2080

Access to clean water remains a struggle for many in rural Kenya. Image: REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

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A woman in Marimanti, a village in eastern Kenya, takes water home after it from a community collection point powered by a solar pump, December 14, 2018.

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A view of a solar-driven water collection point in Marimanti, a village in eastern Kenya, December 14, 2018.

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