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VOICES FOR WETLANDS AND WATER: CASE STUDIES ON WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT & WASH IN KENYA
Acknowledgement Wetlands International is indebted to our partners and the national water sector stakeholder institutions and county governments of Laikipia and Kajiado for their support and collaboration. Special mention goes to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Centre for Social Planning and Administrative Development (CESPAD), Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (IMPACT), Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network (KEWASNET), Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO), Mt Kenya Ewaso Water Partnership (MKEWP) and Neighbours Initiative Alliance (NIA) for their time, resources and ideas. We would particularly like to thank the national and county government officials and water governance CSOs for their collaboration and partnership and, above all, the Water Resources Users Association (WRUA) officials who volunteer their time and resources to protect water catchments in very difficult circumstances.
About Watershed “Watershed-Empowering Citizens” is a strategic partnership of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRC, Simavi, Wetlands International and Akvo. The Programme works to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to influence policy and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Uganda and The Netherlands. In Kenya, the Programme was implemented in Kajiado and Laikipia counties, with a focus on strengthening the capacity of CSOs on lobbying and advocacy to ensure that their views, interests and the needs of the communities they represent are addressed in national and county government policies, budgets and projects. These interventions were implemented between 2016 and 2020 with the support of the Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network (KEWASNET), Centre for Social Planning and Administrative Development (CESPAD), Neighbours Initiative Alliance (NIA), Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO) and Mt Kenya Ewaso Water Partnership (MKEWP). Our hope is that this will, in the long term, deliver improvements in WASH and water resources governance and assure access to environmentally sustainable services in these two counties. Of particular concern are the marginalised members of society such as women, the very poor and persons living with disability who bear the biggest burden of environmental degradation.
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