Performance Report for FY 2009/10 - UWASNET

Performance Report for FY 2009/10
Annex 1 Key sub-sector Institutions
and Responsibilities
Institution Key responsibility
Community
based
structures.
NGOs, CBOs.
Local
Government.
Private
operators.
Directorate
of Water
Resources
Management.
DWRM
Responsible for demanding, planning, contributing a cash contribution
to capital cost, and O&M of rural water supply and water for production
facilities. A community management committee is established at each
water point. A similar committee is established for each Water for
Production facility.
and the private sector are active in the provision of water and sanitation
services (construction of facilities, community mobilisation, providing
operational and maintenance services, training of communities and local
Governments, hygiene promotion as well as advocacy and lobbying)
Districts and Sub-Counties are empowered by the Local Governments
Act (2000) for the provision of water and sanitation services. They
receive funding from the centre in the form of a conditional grant and
can also mobilise additional local resources for water and sanitation
programmes. Rural water supply and small scale water for production
planning, implementation management and monitoring is delegated to
the district water offices and the DWSCC.
The private sector, e.g. consultants, contractors, water operators,
suppliers, etc. contribute to the development and performance of the
sector by providing services on demand. Water operators have formed
an Association for Private Water Operators. Consultants and contractors
are registered with professional bodies that regulate industry and
commerce. At the informal level artisans provide essential building
and maintenance services.
Responsible for management of the nation’s water resources and
undertakes the following key functions: i)monitoring and assessing
the quality and quantity of water resources; ii) storing, processing
and disseminating water resources data and information to users; iii)
providing advice and guidance to water development programmes; iv)
providing advice on management of trans-boundary water resources
relating to Lake Victoria and the River Nile under the auspices of the
East African Community, Nile Basin Initiatives and the African Ministers’
Council on Water ; and, v) regulating water use through issuing of water
permits and providing water quality analytical services.
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