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Water supply and sanitation in Kenya

Index Water supply and sanitation in Kenya

Water supply and sanitation in Kenya is characterised by low levels of access to water and sanitation, in particular in urban slums and in rural areas, as well as poor service quality in the form of intermittent water supply. [1]

86 relations: African Development Bank, AllAfrica.com, Athi River (town), Athi-Galana-Sabaki River, Benchmarking, Beth Wambui Mugo, Charity Ngilu, Daily Nation, Dailymotion, Dandora, Danish International Development Agency, Demographic and Health Surveys, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Drainage basin, East Africa Protectorate, East African Rift, Ecological sanitation, Eldoret, Embu, Kenya, Ewaso Ng'iro, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, French Development Agency, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Human rights, Improved sanitation, Improved water source, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, Jomo Kenyatta, Kahuti, Kenya, Kandara, Kenya, Kenya Colony, Kenya water crisis, Kenyan shilling, Kericho, Kerio River, KfW, Kisumu, Kitale, Lake Baringo, Lake Naivasha, Lake Turkana, Lake Victoria, Litein, M-Pesa, Malindi, Mau Mau Uprising, Meru South District, Mombasa, ..., Mwai Kibaki, Mzima Springs, Nairobi, Nakuru, National Party of Kenya, Nile, Non-revenue water, Nyeri, Party of National Unity (Kenya), Provinces of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Rift valley, Rural area, Sanitation, Sector-Wide Approach, Septic tank, Siaya, Slum, Sub-Counties of Kenya, Sustainable Development Goals, Sweden, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Tala, Kenya, Tana River (Kenya), Uganda Railway, UNICEF, Waste stabilization pond, Water scarcity, Water supply, Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi, Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Water tariff, WaterAid, World Bank, World Health Organization, World Water Assessment Programme. Expand index (36 more) »

African Development Bank

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution.

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AllAfrica.com

AllAfrica.com is a website that aggregates news produced primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, politics, issues and culture.

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Athi River (town)

Athi River is a town outside Nairobi, Kenya in Machakos County.

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Athi-Galana-Sabaki River

Athi-Galana-Sabaki River is the second longest river in Kenya (after the Tana River).

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Benchmarking

Benchmarking is comparing ones business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies.

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Beth Wambui Mugo

Beth Wambui Mugo (born 11 July 1959 in Kiambu district) is a Kenyan politician.

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Charity Ngilu

Charity Kaluki Ngilu (born 1952) is a Kenyan politician and the second governor elected for Kitui County.

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Daily Nation

The Daily Nation is the highest circulation Kenyan independent newspaper with 170,000 copies.

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Dailymotion

Dailymotion is a video-sharing technology platform.

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Dandora

Dandora is an eastern suburb in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Danish International Development Agency

Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), is the brand used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark when it provides humanitarian aid and development assistance to other countries, with focus on developing countries.

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Demographic and Health Surveys

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is responsible for collecting and disseminating accurate, nationally representative data on health and population in developing countries.

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH or GIZ in short (English: German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH) is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides services in the field of international development cooperation.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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East Africa Protectorate

East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area in the African Great Lakes occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya (approximately) from the Indian Ocean inland to Uganda and the Great Rift Valley.

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East African Rift

The East African Rift (EAR) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa.

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Ecological sanitation

Ecological sanitation, commonly abbreviated to ecosan (also spelled eco-san or EcoSan), is an approach which is characterized by a desire to safely "close the loop" (mainly for the nutrients and organic matter) between sanitation and agriculture.

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Eldoret

Eldoret is a principal city in western Kenya and the fifth largest in the country.

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Embu, Kenya

Embu is a town located approximately northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya.

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Ewaso Ng'iro

Ewaso Ng'iro is a river in Kenya which rises on the west side of Mount Kenya and flows north then east and finally south-east, passing through Somalia where it joins the Jubba River.

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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

The Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung), abbreviated BMZ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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French Development Agency

French Development Agency (Agence française de développement, AFD) is a public financial institution that implements the policy defined by the French Government.

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Heinrich Böll Foundation

The Heinrich Böll Foundation (German: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., hbs) is a German, legally independent political foundation.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Improved sanitation

Improved sanitation is a term used to categorize types or levels of sanitation for monitoring purposes.

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Improved water source

An improved water source (or improved drinking-water source or improved water supply) is a term used to categorize certain types or levels of water supply for monitoring purposes.

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Japan International Cooperation Agency

The is a governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan.

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Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation

The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation by WHO and UNICEF is the official United Nations mechanism tasked with monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal Number 6 (SDG6) since 2016.

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Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta (– 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978.

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Kahuti, Kenya

Kahuti is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.

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Kandara

Kandara is a town in Muranga County, Kenya.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kenya Colony

The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until 1963.

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Kenya water crisis

The Kenya water crisis is the fight to supply clean water to the population in that country.

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Kenyan shilling

The shilling (sign: KSh; code: KES) is the currency of Kenya.

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Kericho

Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley.

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Kerio River

The Kerio River is a river in Turkana County, Kenya.

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KfW

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Kisumu

Kisumu, officially known as Kisumu City (and formerly Port Florence), is the Kenyan inland port city on Lake Victoria and the capital city of Kisumu County, Kenya.

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Kitale

Kitale is an agricultural town in northern rift valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangani Hills at an elevation of around.

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Lake Baringo

Lake Baringo is, after Lake Turkana, the most northern of the Kenyan Rift Valley lakes, with a surface area of about and an elevation of about.

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Lake Naivasha

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi.

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Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana, formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia.

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Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria (Nam Lolwe in Luo; Nalubaale in Luganda; Nyanza in Kinyarwanda and some Bantu languages) is one of the African Great Lakes.

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Litein

Litein is a small town in the Kericho County, Kenya.

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M-Pesa

M-Pesa (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and microfinancing service, launched in 2007 by Vodafone for Safaricom and Vodacom, the largest mobile network operators in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Malindi

Malindi (known as Melinde in antiquity) is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Galana River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya.

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Mau Mau Uprising

The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1964), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–63).

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Meru South District

Meru South District was one of the unconstitutionally created districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province.

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Mombasa

Mombasa is a city on the coast of Kenya.

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Mwai Kibaki

Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H. (born 15 November 1931) is a Kenyan politician who was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 until April 2013.

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Mzima Springs

Mzima Springs are a series of four natural springs in Tsavo National Park, Kenya.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.

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Nakuru

Nakuru is the fourth-largest city in Kenya after Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.

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National Party of Kenya

The National Party of Kenya (NPK) is a political party in Kenya.

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Nile

The Nile River (النيل, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew:, Ha-Ye'or or, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world, though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.

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Non-revenue water

Non revenue water (NRW) is water that has been produced and is "lost" before it reaches the customer.

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Nyeri

Nyeri is a city situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya.

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Party of National Unity (Kenya)

Party of National Unity (PNU) was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya.

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Provinces of Kenya

Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties in 2013.

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Raila Odinga

Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a former prime minister of Kenya.

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Rift valley

A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Sanitation

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.

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Sector-Wide Approach

Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) is an approach to international development that "brings together governments, donors and other stakeholders within any sector.

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Septic tank

A septic tank is a chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, PVC or plastic, through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for primary treatment.

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Siaya

Siaya is a town in Siaya County of Kenya.

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Slum

A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished persons.

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Sub-Counties of Kenya

Sub-counties are the decentralised units through which county governments of Kenya will provide functions and services.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a good collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations in 2015.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete, Sida) is a government agency of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

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Tala, Kenya

Tala is a town in Machakos County, located in the lower eastern region of Kenya and about 56 kilometres east of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

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Tana River (Kenya)

The long Tana River is the longest river in Kenya, and gives its name to the Tana River County.

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Uganda Railway

Mainly built to serve as a transport system of carrying goods such as minerals from interior Uganda and the Magadi section in Kenya, the once famous railway also faced some drawbacks to its completion.

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UNICEF

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

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Waste stabilization pond

Waste stabilization ponds (WSPs or stabilization ponds or waste stabilization lagoons) are ponds designed and built for wastewater treatment to reduce the organic content and remove pathogens from wastewater.

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Water scarcity

Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet water demand.

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Water supply

Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.

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Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi

Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi is characterised by achievements and challenges.

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Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Although access to water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa has been steadily improving over the past two decades, the region still lags behind all other developing regions.

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Water tariff

A water tariff (often called water rate in the United States and Canada) is a price assigned to water supplied by a public utility through a piped network to its customers.

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WaterAid

WaterAid is an international non-profit organization that was set up in 1981 as a response to the UN International Drinking Water & Sanitation decade (1981–1990).

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World Bank

The World Bank (Banque mondiale) is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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World Water Assessment Programme

The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) hosted and led by UNESCO, is a Programme Office on Global Water Assessment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Kenya

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