Sanitation activities of GIZ in Kenya GIZ Water Sector Reform Programme (WSRP)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ

According to the IMPACT Report No 10 (2016/17) of the Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb), the urban water coverage is 55% and sewerage is 15%. Majority of urban population are using onsite sanitation. However, most of these are not linked to a sanitation chain for safe disposal or reuse of waste. The Ministry of Health reports that about 50% of the urban population using onsite sanitation facilities do not have access to improved basic sanitation. In addition about 14% of Kenyans (6.5 million) do not have access to any kind of toilet and practice open defecation. The Ministry of Water and Sanitation (MoWS) is responsible for sanitation management (collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal/reuse). The GIZ WSRP has been supporting the MoWS, Wasreb and Water Sector Trust Fund (WSTF) to support utilities to take up this mandate of sanitation management in urban areas.

The Water Sector Reform Programme in Kenya is supporting the Wasreb, the WSTF, the Water Resource Management Authority (WRA), the Water Service Providers Association (WASPA) and selected water utilities. The areas of support are:
1.Water Sector Reforms (Policy, legal framework)
2.Regulation and Provision of water services(water supply and sanitation in urban areas)
3. Pro-poor financing of water and sanitation services through WSTF
4. Integrated water resources management and environmental protection

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was co-financing basic sanitation measures for the urban poor (2014-2018) with KfW and GIZ through WSTF.

Mission

The Water Sector Reform Programme, Kenya is a bilateral cooperation of Kenyan and German Government. It is implemented by MoWS in Kenya with support from GIZ on behalf of the German Government. It aims at achieving a substantial increase and improved access (scaling-up) to sustainable supply of safe and affordable water and improved basic sanitation with focus on the urban poor using a multi-level approach. The water sector in Kenya adopted human rights approach since 2007 and this was also anchored in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Access for about 1.2 million people to safe and affordable water (fulfilling human rights) and 122,000 to improved basic sanitation has been achieved by 2017 jointly with financial cooperation of the German Government (through the German Development Bank - KfW) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The investments have been mainly channeled through the Kenyan Water Sector Trust Fund (WSTF) by financing low cost technologies such as water kiosk, yard taps, public toilets, plot-level sanitation and decentralized treatment facilities implemented by the utilities at County level. The major GIZ's activities include: - Support to the MoWS in the development of the policy, the legal framework and the strategies for the water sector, - Support to Wasreb in strengthening the regulatory framework for water and sanitation including strong pro-poor focus. This support includes the improvement of information system for monitoring, evaluation and reporting (Water Regulation Information System). - Support to WSTF: Development of a scaling-up concept for improving access to household sanitation in low-income urban areas. The concept covers the entire sanitation chain. - Support to WSTF in building the capacity of the Water Service Providers (utilities) to provide pro-poor water and sanitation services. - Improvement of baseline data and information system for all urban low-income areas of Kenya (MajiData), using an online database (www.majidata.go.ke). - Support to Integrated Water Resources Management, which is adversely affected by poor sanitation

Approach

The programme is supporting the MoWS to enhance low cost appropriate technologies in order to achieve the SDG No 6 objectives and universal access by 2030 by the sector. This focuses on providing basic services to the underserved population. The water sector in Kenya cannot achieve universal access to improved basic sanitation using sewerage services or to safe drinking water using household connections only.

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Video(s)

UBSUP programme: Upscaling Basic Sanitation for the Urban Poor in Kenya

Results

- Implementation of the Ecosan Promotion Project (2006-2010) and the introduction of Ecosan facilities for 50,000 users in Kenya with a monitoring of their use. - Higher priority of sanitation in all water sector institutions in Kenya. - Common understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the three ministries. - Increasing interest from the licensed Water Providers in scaling-up coverage with adequate sanitation facilities to urban low income areas due to funds available through the WSTF. - Lessons learned are utilised by sector institutions, private sector players and NGOs (civil society). - Establishment of WSTF finance schemes for urban sanitation facilities at public and plot level with integration and capacity building of stakeholders from the public and private sector and from civil society.

Further comments

Waiting giz aproval - Shobana, updated by Ainul

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External Website(s)

https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/19853.html

WSTF Safisan Toolkit

WASREB impact reports

Water Resources Authority

UBSUP SuSanA case study

Majicube video on SuSanA YouTube

Discussion on Forum (about Up-scaling Basic Sanitation for the Urban Poor)

Maji Data

Factsheet on sanitation activities in Kenya in library

Documents in library

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Answer questions about the project

Dirk Schaefer
dirk.schaefer@giz.de

James Kiptanui Ronoh
james.kiptanui@giz.de

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Related Countries

Kenya