The government of Kenya has announced it has sealed a US $22M deal with Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), for water and sanitation project in Kericho, Kisii counties.
The loan which was inked between the country’s Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation and the German development agency will see expansion of water supply in the two counties. The project will start in Kericho County with an estimated population of 902,000.
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Water and sanitation project
The water component of the project will rehabilitate and expand the secondary and tertiary water supply system, as well as increase water connections to the city and satellite communities. In the sanitation component, the government will finance the extension of the Kericho City sewage treatment plant, the rehabilitation and extension of its sewage system, and sewage connections.
In the same county, the project will continue in Litein, where the distribution network will be extended to strengthen the water supply in the city, as well as in Kapkatet. The Kenyan authorities will also rely on KfW funding for the rehabilitation of the secondary and tertiary water supply system in Litein. The sanitation component of the project will involve the construction of a plant to handle the sludge from the city’s wastewater treatment plant. According to the Kenyan Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, the entire project in Kericho County will US $18m. The rest of the funding will foot works in Kisii.