Slum dwellers to get Sh1.7 billion sanitation upgrade

The signing of the funding agreements for this call is planned for January 2010 upon the evaluation and approval of the proposal.

WSTF chief executive officer Mrs Jacqueline Musyoki said the fund targets supplying water to 1.4 million people and sanitation facilities to 400,000 people by 2011.

“Currently the urban poor pay more for water that is of poor quality and the women and girls take longer to fetch water,” she said.

Mr Stower said projects under the UPC would be rolled out in urban areas such Nairobi, Mombasa,Nyeri and Kisumu where thousands of poor households have difficulties in accessing the basic services.

Meanwhile the government expects the current water shortage in Nairobi and its environs to ease in the when the anticipated October-December rains come.

“The Ndakaini dam is currently at 30 per cent of its capacity but we expect it to fully recover within a short time if the rains come.

The rehabilitation of the Sasumua dam is also near complete and we expect stable supplies,” the PS said.