Burst Kenyan dam that killed 45 'illegally built'
May 11 (UPI) -- A dam on a Kenya farm that burst this week and killed at least 45 people was illegally built, a government spokesman said Friday.
The dam was one of several on the Patel Coffee Estate farm near Solai, 120 miles from Nairobi. A Kenyan Water Resources Management Authority spokesman said none were built with a permit, and were not authorized or inspected by the government.
Farm manager Vinod Jayakumar insisted the dams were not built illegally.
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It was news this week, I think floods hastened the dam's collapse.
