Water and Sanitation Program Africa Kenya Country Strategy and Work Plan FY07

1. Water and Sanitation Program AfricaKenya Country Strategy and Work Plan FY07 Patrick Mwangi & Japheth Mbuvi May 24, 2004

2. Introduction • WSP : An Introduction • WSP Strategy in Africa • Structure of our Operations • Main Sector Issues in Kenya • Critical Elements for Moving Forward • WSP Kenya Strategy • The Opportunities • WSP Strategic Activity Selection • Support to WSS Reform Process • Development of WSS MDG Road map • National Sanitation marketing and Hygiene Promotion • Development of delivery mechanisms for WSS within Informal settlements • Urban Poor & Sector Finance thematic work • WSP Kenya Country Budget

3. WSP: An introduction • An international partnership with a mission to alleviate poverty by helping poor people gain sustained access to improved water and sanitation services. • The program works with partners in the field to seek innovative solutions to obstacles faced by poor communities and strives to be a valued source to achieve widespread adoption of these solutions • A knowledge network and advocacy agency to improve policies, practices and capacities. • Field presence in 20+ countries in 4 regions • 26 years old, funded by 15 + donors, and administered by the World Bank.

4. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom (UK), UNDP World Bank Main Funding Partners

5. Structure of our Operations • WSP-AF operates at three levels: continental, national, and thematic. • Supporting regional processes • provides advocacy and best practice information support to AMCOW, NEPAD secretariat, AfDB, WUP, RWSN, the Africa Water Task Force. • Country focus • To enhance its impact, WSP-AF focuses support to a few select countries. The selection criteria for focus countries take into account both potential impact (poor countries that have a demonstrated commitment to sector reform) • Thematic concentration • Five main thematic areas (Sector finance, Sanitation and Hygiene, Services to the Urban Poor, Rural water Supply)

6. Thematic Areas of our Operations • Sector finance: WSS finance resource flows and WSS in Poverty-Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). • Sanitation and hygiene promotion: development of a framework and tools to enhance sanitation development and hygiene promotion. • Serving the urban poor: assist utilities in creating and implementing pro-poor strategies, and to develop practical tools for increasing the voice of poor consumers and the effective use of the small-scale private sector. • Rural water supply: examining institutional approaches for large scale sustainable programs and is promoting new knowledge on borehole drilling, sustainable hand pump management and self-supply.

7. WSP Strategy in Africa The broad regional strategy seeks to make an impact in three critical entry points: • promoting sector reform, improving governance, and developing country-owned roadmaps to meet the MDGs on water and sanitation; • assisting countries in developing sustainable financing strategies to implement large-scale programs; and • developing capacities of both regional and national policymakers and service providers

8. WSP in Africa (WSP-AF) FY 05 Benin Burkina Ethiopia Kenya Mozambique Senegal Uganda FY 06 + Democratic Rep. of Congo Rwanda Tanzania Zambia FY 07 + Ghana Mauritania Niger

9. Main Sector Issues in Kenya • Inadequate WSS service provision in Kenya can be attributed to: • focusing investments on production capacities • lack of investment in maintenance – leading collapsed infrastructure • limited expansion of existing infrastructure • inadequate demand assessment • poor pricing, tariff and commercial policies, • complex institutional framework - not adapted to the challenge of delivering sustainable services • low priority to sanitation and hygiene

10. Critical Elements for Moving Forward • a clear and well supported water and sanitation services strategy and sector investment plan • developing specific intervention strategies to address the WSS problems in the urban informal settlements and slums • clarifying the roles of local level actors • establishing a sustainable mechanism for financing the sector • developing pricing and tariff policies • establishment of an M & E system for monitoring progress towards achievement of national and MDG targets • improved coordination between the various actors in the sector, including donors.

11. WSP Kenya Strategy Main Challenges: • The sector is undergoing major reforms - institutional transition of MW&I and the operationalization of the newly established institutions • The proposed reform is ambitious and complex and requires the support and consensus of all key stakeholders • The realistic achievement of the MDGs in the field of WSS requires a strong financial, technical and conceptual support.

12. The Opportunities • wide and popular support by the government and its commitment to improving governance and promoting the welfare • MW&I commitment to implement the reforms as shown by the gazettement, launch and operationalisation of key institutions. • Commitment to move towards the implementation of a SWAp in the sector • Water supply and sanitation and water resources identified as priority by Kenyans – over 60 districts identified water as a priority during the PRSP consultations; • Donor commitment to support the government’s programmes for WSS and WRM

13. WSP- AF Strategic Activity Selection Focus on Four Projects • Support to WSS Sector Reform Process • Development of WSS MDG Road map • National sanitation marketing and hygiene promotion • Development of a model for the delivery of water and sanitation services in low income urban informal settlements • Plus (+) thematic work in sector finance and services to the Urban poor)

14. 1.Support to WSS Reform • Overall sector coordination activities for WSS services, keep up the dialogue among all major stakeholders and promote networking and learning through the strengthening and capacity building the sector coordination secretariat. • Support WSBs in the development of a framework for engagement with WSPs. • Support the development of a framework for M&E for the WSTF and link this to the overall SIS and Sector M&E framework • Kisima seminar series and periodic sector newsletter for Information dissemination and Knowledge sharing

15. 2.Development of WSS-MDG Road Map • Support national water sector planning and budget planning process • Development of Sector investment Plan and support to Sector Information System development • Development of WSS MDG Monitoring and Evaluation framework (CSO) and its continuous updates

16. 3.National Sanitation Marketing, and Hygiene Promotion • Preparation of a national hand washing campaign, coordination and launch • Sanitation Policy Advocacy • Sanitation Marketing Study • Support the ESHWG for effective coordination of sanitation activities at the national level

17. 4.Development of delivery Mechanisms for WSS in informal settlements • Preparation of a WSS service delivery plan to improve service delivery within Informal settlements in Mombasa • Preparation of a Situation Assessment, management arrangements and Hygiene education and promotion • Participation in National and Urban Center level discussions of low income water and sanitation services and infrastructure needs – collaboration with other actors – KENSUP, UN Habitat • Preparation of a WSS delivery plan to improve service delivery within Nairobi’s informal settlement’s • AWSB and NCWSC for Nairobi City and Environs • National Workshop on WSS service delivery within informal Settlements in Kenya

18. 5.Urban thematic work • Strengthen consumer voice through CRC tool in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu; Goal to improve quality of dialogue between service providers and citizens and improve services to the poor • Support to Small Scale Providers (SSPs) - improved dialogue, governance arrangements and strengthened policy • Support utility reform; incorporate pro poor activities within utility business plans, support resource mobilisation for the poor within utilities • Pilot partnership between small providers and utility to extend services to the informal settlement (sub delegated model), leverage local resources

19. 6.Sector Finance • OBA Pilot Project for Community-Managed Piped Water Projects (CWPs) in rural/peri-urban areas • Market based financing for small water projects (use of Micro finance) • Rehabilitation/augmentation of existing projects • New/Greenfield projects • Aligning budgets and strategies in Kenya • Collaborative budget process to improve Transparency, ownership, accountability • Technical improvements to the budget process • Development of a Sector Wide Investment and Financing Tool (SWIFT) • Review of existing investment needs to reach sector target, finances and policy analysis of the financing gaps.

20. Kenya WSP Country Budget FY07

21. The Kenya Team WSP AF THEMATIC WORK Kenya Country Coordinator Urban Sanitation Urban and Sanitation Finance Rural Admin and Support Communications