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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. [8] Seasonal and regional water scarcity in Kenya exacerbates the difficulty to improve water supply.
Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi is characterised by achievements and challenges. Among the achievements is the expansion of infrastructure to keep pace with population growth, in particular through the construction of the Thika Dam and associated water treatment plant and pipelines during the 1990s; the transformation of the municipal water department into an autonomous utility in 2003 ...
There are many slums in Kenya, for example in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. According to UN DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs), 55 per cent of Kenya's urban population were slum inhabitants in 2007. [1] In 2019, around two million inhabitants of Nairobi lived in informal settlements. [2]
Sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization: [2] "Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households ...
Human populations throughout Kenya have been affected by a lack of clean drinking water due in large part to the overuse of land and increases in community settlements. A specific example of this is in the Mau Forest, in the highlands of Kenya, that is a major watershed for the country. In the Mau Complex, individuals have used land for their ...
Urban informal sector is between 20 and 60% of most developing economies' GDP; in Kenya, 78 per cent of non-agricultural employment is in the informal sector making up 42 per cent of GDP. [1] In many cities the informal sector accounts for as much as 60 per cent of employment of the urban population.
Gatwekera (Gatuikira) is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi.Its population likely exceeds 70,000. [1] Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor is active there. [1] Many of its residents are Luo. [2]
For example, in Kenya the NGOs Plan and Practical Action have implemented a form of urban CLTS. [23] [24] CLTS has also been used in schools and the surrounding communities, which is referred to as "school-led total sanitation". [25] The school children act as messengers of change to households. [citation needed]