Locations Kenya

Alternative financing for water investments

The Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment Area (ENNCA) in Laikipia County has limited water availability due to the small volume of existing storage capacity. This is attributed to insufficient investment in dams, pans, farm ponds, and rainwater tanks. Lack of finances and...

Published on August 20, 2020

Facilitating inclusive multi-stakeholder WRM & WASH forums for improved water and sanitation services

Over the years, there have been many efforts to provide mechanisms for water and related sector coordination, to monitor project implementation, enhance synergy and complementarity, and enhance inclusive decision making among WASH stakeholders in Kajiado County....

Published on August 19, 2020

Saving the Mount Kenya Moorland

The Mount Kenya Ewaso Water Partnership (MKEWP) partnered with the Mount Kenya Trust to survey water abstraction in the northern moorlands of Mt. Kenya. This was under the MKEWP strategic objective of improving water security governance and as a result of a clash...

Published on August 19, 2020

Adherence to regulated pro-poor water access tariffs in low income areas

Nanyuki Water and Sewerage Company Limited (NAWASCO), like many other water companies in Kenya has a pro-poor unit that targets the poor facilitating access to service delivery in compliance to Kenya’s constitutional right to water and sanitation for all. NAWASCO...

Published on August 19, 2020

Improving water resource management decision making through application of Geo-data in Kenya: The case of Kajiado County

Kenya is a chronically water scarce country. This means that the demand for water is greater than the renewable freshwater resources that the country can access. In order to implement the ambitious national socio-economic development strategy in Kenya’s Vision...

Published on August 19, 2020

Couch surfing to smelly places

How virtual field visits allow sneak peeks over the shoulders of colleagues. Ever been on a landfill, surrounded by dirty diapers or seen the smelly shitty sludge dumped into a river? No? Well, now is your chance…. Working with the partners of Watershed, we have...

Published on July 14, 2020

Watershed Annual Report 2019

As Watershed closed its fourth year of implementation, it has seen an impressive number of results. All the Work Packages saw at least one concrete change in the practices of their governments in the form of laws, policies and/or norms being implemented towards...

Published on June 29, 2020

How civil society is adapting WASH advocacy to COVID-19

Report of a Watershed empowering citizens webinar on adjusting your advocacy to COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing development organisations and programmes to rapidly readjust their advocacy strategies. How do you not only support local or national...

Published on May 25, 2020

Pipes, policy and public money

Pipes, Policy, and Public Money is a report on new research by KEWASNET and the Water Integrity Network that shows how integrity in public financial management can be strengthened to increase WASH sector efficiency and accountability towards citizens. Developed in...

Published on March 16, 2020

Joint Case Study Watershed Partnership & Health Systems Advocacy Partnership in Kajiado, Kenya

This document presents the report for the joint case study for Watershed Partnership and the Health Systems Advocacy Partnership in Kajiado County, Kenya under the Dialogue and Dissent Programme. The Dialogue and Dissent Strategic Partnerships (SPs) programme is...

Published on March 2, 2020

Monitoring WASH and WRM election promises in Kenya

During Election campaign periods in Kenya, aspiring leaders share manifestos to the electorate with the promises of what they intend to deliver once they are elected into different positions. One of the major challenges has been the lack of a framework to monitor...

Published on October 10, 2019

Women voices for water in Nanyuki, Kenya

An indigenous movement helps women and people living with disabilities advocate for their rights in public platforms. See the longer version of the video. Sustainable WASH for all can only be achieved when all citizens – including women and people living with...

Published on September 2, 2019