KENYA WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROGRAM (K-WASH)

The Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (K-WASH) Program, is a hybrid Performance for Results (PforR) and Investment Project Financing (IPF).

Its objective is to support the Government of Kenya (GoK) to implement part of its Water and Sanitation Sector Program – the National Water and Sanitation Investment Program (NAWASIP) – and achieve universal access to Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) under the NAWASIP.

K-WASH will focus on increasing access to WSS in rural areas, improving sector efficiency reforms and program coordination, capacity building and M&E.

The Program’s geographic reach is limited to 19 selected counties out of the 47 counties in Kenya. The selected counties include West Pokot, Turkana, Samburu, Mandera, Baringo, Narok, Kwale, Tana River, Kitui, Makueni, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Vihiga, Bomet, Migori, Murang´a, Kericho, Garissa and Kirinyaga. Six of the 19 counties (Mandera, Samburu, West Pokot, Turkana and Narok) are overwhelming VMG (IP) pastoralist occupied counties, with unregistered communal land tenure system; four counties (Baringo, Tana River, West Pokot, and Kwale) are home to minority VMGs such as the Ilchamus, Endorois, Waatha/Waata, WaIlwana, Sanye, Munyoyaya, Awer, Sengwer, and Wakifundi, among others; and 10 of the counties (Muranga, Tharak Nthi, Makueni, Kitui, Migori, Vihiga, Boment, Nandi, Kirinyaga, and Kericho) are crop farming counties with private (titled) land tenure systems. Between them, the 19 participating counties have a total of 33 Water Service Providers (WSPs)