Letter from the Ministry of Water Resources
Management and Development, Kenya, to the Head of DFID Kenya as
part of DFID Kenya's consultation on its Country Assistance Plan
2004-07
The comments are mainly on water and sanitation
issues and other cross-cutting matters in other sectors.
Paragraph B5: It is important to recognise that
the sector is going through a reform process under the Water Act
2002. This reform will ensure better service delivery through
semi-autonomous institutions and the Private Sector. The coverage
and service levels in water and sanitation will also increase.
This will have a positive contribution to hygiene and environmental
sanitation. The Water Resources Management will equally be improved
under the new institutional setup, with a view of increasing the
water available per capita, water available for economic activities
like irrigation, energy and livestock; pollution and silt load
would be reduced through better environmental/catchment management,
contributing to better aquatic life and ecosystem.
In this connection it is expected that DFID,
like other stakeholders, will contribute directly and indirectly
to the reform process; in general DFID would therefore contribute
to the Millennium Development Goals.
Paragraph E7: This section gives a summary of
DFID interventions which are consistent with the Water Policy
and Strategies. In this regard, we wish to have the details of
the volume of investments in the water and sanitation sector and
what resources you will engage. We also would like you to appreciate
the Government increased budgetary resources towards the sector.
Close consultations and collaboration with the Ministry would
be encouraged at all levels. Towards this, the Ministry is promoting
an integrated approach to water issues across other sectors and
players. Through availability of water for economic activities,
potable water at domestic level, we shall contribute to poverty
reduction through more earnings and savings brought about by improved
health respectively.
Paragraph E16: We acknowledge your intention
to seek higher funding levels. We look forward to more support
and funding in the sector which have hitherto been a bit low.
February 2004
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