2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

KENYA PART 2: COUNTRY ANALYSIS
Operator Systems Connections
Ministry of Water 630 280,000
NWCPC 40 230,000
Nine municipalities N/A 70,000
Nairobi municipality N/A 160,000
Financial performance of water service, 2001
(KSh million) Revenues Expenses
Nairobi 1,980 1,500
NWCPC 1,200 1,250
Three water boards were set up in 2004: the Water Resource Management (WRM) Authority, the
Water Services Regulatory (WSR) Board and the Water Services Trust (WST) Fund. The WRM
Authority will see to the restoration of degraded water catchment and depleted aquifers to guarantee
availability of the resource for development. The WSR Board will licence, regulate and supervise
water services boards and ensure access and expansion, whereas the WST Fund is charged with the
responsibility of a financing instrument for expansion of water services particularly to the poor.
Groundwater
Annual availability (1998) 1.1 km 3
Per capita 35 m 3
Annual withdrawal (1992) 0.18 m 3
Sources:
Odhiambo, W. (2004). Pulling apart: facts and figures on inequality in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Society for International
Development, Eastern Africa
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (2003): Building Kenya Together. Conference on Private Sector Participation in Kenya’s
Infrastructure, 15 th May 2003
World Bank (2004). Kenya: Towards a water-secure Kenya: water resources sector memorandum, Vol. 1 of 1. Washington
D.C., USA, World Bank
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