Water Management In Kenya: How Perennial Water Problems Can Be Handled To Address Conflicts And Its Sustainability
Abstract
The present water management policies can be traced
back to the National Water Master plan
of 1974. The primary aim of the plan was to ensure
availability of portable water at
reasonable distance to all households by the year 2
000 (Sessional paper No. 1 of 1999). From
the several developments have taken place in the w
ater sector including, the upgrading
established of the Department (DWD), the establishe
d of the National Water Conservation
and pipeline corporation (NWCPC) IN 1988,the adopti
on of the National Water policy by
parliament as a Sessional paper No. 1 of 1999 and e
nactment of the Water Act of 2002,
among others.
The Water Act 2002, in turn has led to the establis
hed of a National framework currently
being used to manage water in Kenya. The Water Act
recognises regional diversities in
management of water. For example, the country has b
een divided into different Water
Resource Management Associations ( WRMA).
The Act introduced comprehensive and in many ways r
adical changes in the way water is
managed in the country.
Citation
Mumma-Martinon, CA. 2009. Water Management In Kenya: How Perennial Water Problems Can Be Handled To Address Conflicts And Its Sustainability. The Voice: Jesuit Hakimani Centre,. 01/09 (Feb – May):12-13.Publisher
University of Nairobi Political science and Public Administration