Mombasa Mainland Desalination Plant Mombasa Mainland Desalination Plant Mombasa Mainland Desalination Plant (MMDP), is a planned water purification project in Kenya. The water treatment facility would be located on the mainland of the seaport city of Mombasa, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. The county of Mombasa lacks a source of potable water, within its boundaries. The fresh water used in the county is sourced from neighboring Kwale County, Kilifi County and Taita Taveta County. The amount of water these sources can provide to Mombasa is less than what the county needs to supply its growing population of people, offices and industries. As of December
Mombasa Segeju and went home. This stimulated the Portuguese to take over Mombasa a third time in 1589, and four years later they built Fort Jesus to administer the region. Between Lake Malawi and the Zambezi mouth, Kalonga Mzura made an alliance with the Portuguese in 1608 and fielded 4,000 warriors to help defeat their rival Zimba, who were led by chief Lundi. After the building of Fort Jesus Mombasa was put by the Portuguese under the rule of members of the ruling family of Malindi. In 1631 Dom Jeronimo the ruler of Mombasa slaughtered the Portuguese garrison in the city