Transcript WATER GOVERNANCE IN KIBERA SLUMS

MAPPING OF VULNERABILITIES
AND
COPING MECHANISMS.
PRESENTED BY:
SADIQUE BILAL –SPORTS OFFICER KI
ELIZABETH -INTERN STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
Copyright © 2011 CCAA Project
 Kibera
is an informal settlement
 Because the settlement is not planned, no
provision for
essential basic infrastructural
facilities and services such as water and sewerage
system
 Residents rely on water sold by street vendors
and individual water kiosks
 There are various water projects in Kibera
sponsored by NGOS, CBOS & Civil society but
with little assistance from the government.
 Approximately ONLY 16% have access to
water and sanitation facilities
 In
2004, the Athi Water Service Board
contracted the Nairobi Water and Sewerage
Company to provide water in Nairobi region
 Limited reach of water supply and delivery of
water services in Kibera has resulted in illegal
connections and privatization of water supply
points.
 A majority of people in Kibera obtain water
from private and community owned water
kiosks.
 Poor management of water supplies, corruption,
and drying up of rivers in the water catchment
has compounded the water problem in Kibera.
 Kibera
residents rely on hawked water from
piped water, boreholes and polluted Nairobi dam.
 Approx. 2kms of piped water serve Silanga
 30% of water is lost through leakages
 Avg distance to nearest water kiosk is 100-200m
 20-60 ltrs per family per day
 Average family size of 5-7
 Residents pay ksh.2-5 for 20 litres but rises to 1020kshs when there is a shortage
 Lack
of awareness and inadequate information
on water governance structures
 Water rationing and scarcity
 Illegal connections and individualization of water
points
 high water prices
 Unsafe drinking water
 Corruption and water supply ethnization.
Water pipes passing
through trenches
Source: Author 2011
Exposed water pipes
Turning streams into dumping site
Source: Author, 2011

Illegal water connection
 Investment
in water storage tanks
 Good
relationships with water vendors
 Water treatment: boiling, use of chemicals and
SODIS
 Provide
allotment letters
 Coordination of various water actors both
formal and informal actors
 Formulate a strategic plan to promote good
working relations; MOU
 Promote
sustainable
water
governance
structures
 Formation of community group movements to
fight for the rights of the vulnerable since water
is a basic human right in Kenya.
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