Expert says there is need to invest in four key areas of the water sector

 

Media Professionals from Western Kenya Region and KIWASNET staff pose for a group photo after a two day orientation workshop for Journalists on Water Sector.The Civil Society says there is need to invest in the areas of water sector namely Water Resource management, Water Service Provision, Sanitation and hygiene-Photo Courtesy

By Dickson Odhiambo

September 18, 2021

Expert says there is need to invest in four key areas of the water sector

THERE is serious need to invest in key four areas in the water sector across the country, an expert in the water, Sanitation and hygiene has said.

Head of Programs at the Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network {Kewasnet} Vincent Ouma says it is very vital to invest on the four key areas in the water sector namely Water Resource management, Water Service Provision, Sanitation and hygiene.

Addressing a two day meeting to orient the media professional from Western Kenya region to the water sector, Kewasnet Head of Programs said these are key areas which must be invested in a very smart way by various stakeholders.

“These four areas are very important because the water needed must come from somewhere and it must be managed properly hence being taken to somewhere for use through the water service providers,” he says

Ouma says there is need to invest in smart ways in the water resources management and in development of infrastructure in the water Sector that helps in bringing water closer to the people.

He says the public wants to be sure that the water they are provided is safe for consumption within their houses where they stay.

Ouma says that the people also needs to be sure that they access sanitation facilities so that they don’t end up polluting the same water they are using, adding that access to hygiene is also key.

The Head of Programs further says Kiwasnet believes in the issue of good Governance in the water sector, adding that the network's duty is to ensure that the communities have access to sustainable water and proper sanitation services in the near future in Kenya.

“We have a mission of improving governance in the water sector because we believe that if this is done then there will be access of services by the Community,” he adds.

He says Kenya still remain a water scarce producing country because the production of the water resources is at 527Cubic meters per annum, adding that the country should be at 1,000 cubic meters per annum.