Kenya does not suffer water scarcity but governance, investment problem

Children of the Turkana tribe go down a well to fetch water in northern Kenya on February 17, 2023.

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Kenya does not primarily suffer from water scarcity. It suffers from water governance failure. Despite billions invested in dams, boreholes and donor-funded urban projects, households and businesses continue to experience unreliable supply.

Meanwhile, non-revenue water in major utilities remains stubbornly high, in some cases exceeding 40 percent. That is not a hydrological crisis. It is a management crisis.

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