Kenya - Towns Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program — Kenya

Overview

The proposed program has been designed to support the projects and programs funded by other donors and the GoK, focusing mainly on the water supply and sanitation sub-sector in urban areas, through various interventions related to components or cities not taken into account by other development partners. This program intends to pursue these partnerships and provide support to the Kenyan Government in its action to cope with the new challenges linked to urban planning and the sanitation sector’s reforms. The program will be implemented in 28 cities, and will consist of large or small sub-projects throughout Kenya. Specifically, it will contribute to the development of water supply infrastructure in 19 towns, and sanitation infrastructure in 17 towns (where reliable water supply services are already provided and will be supported under the proposed program). To achieve this objective, the program comprises: i) the construction and repair of water supply and sanitation equipment (including the network extension to the informal neighborhoods) to improve the quality of water supply and sanitation services ; and (ii) the improvement of water supply service providers and the sector’s regulatory authority’s capacities in order to increase the concerned services’ efficiency, and create new employment opportunities for women and young people. The project has been planned to last 54 months from January 2017.