Piped Water in the 254

mzeiya

mzeiya

Elder Lister
Murima can be mocked from dusk till dawn but the region seemingly leads the nation when it comes to accessing the basic commodity that is H2O.

What is alarming is that In Kenya, only 10.1% of households have piped water in the house, and 14.1% have piped water in the yard/plot. Share (%) of households with piped water in the house:

The top 15 counties interms of this access are as follows:
  • Nyeri – 24.1%
  • Kiambu – 22.8%
  • Nairobi – 22.7%
  • Embu – 20.7%
  • Tharaka-Nithi – 18.8%
  • Meru – 17.9%
  • Kirinyaga – 17.2%
  • Murang'a – 16.7%
  • Uasin Gishu – 13.2%
  • Laikipia – 12.5%
  • Taita Taveta – 12%
  • Kilifi – 10.2%
  • Nakuru – 9.4%
  • Kericho – 9.1%
  • Nyandarua
Notes: Sources of water in Kenya are usually grouped into two: Improved sources and unimproved ones. Improved sources have a barrier preventing contamination of the water and include piped water to the house or yard/plot, protected spring, borehole, bottled water, rain/harvested water, and public taps. Unimproved sources of water are unprotected from contamination and include ponds, dams, lakes, streams, rivers, unprotected wells, unprotected springs, and water vendors. In Kenya, 64.8% of households use improved sources for drinking water, while 35.2% use unimproved sources. In rural areas, 55.9% use improved sources while 44.1% use unimproved. In urban areas, 78.9% of households use improved sources, while 21.1% use unimproved sources.

Here's the most puzzling bit.
- Nairobi, 93% of households had access to piped water in 1999, which dropped to 51.1% in 2019.
- Mombasa, 80% had piped water, dropping to 12.4%.
- Increasing population in these counties was not matched by investments in critical amenities.

In conclusion, there are some very basic human needs that have retrogressed from the days of Moi! How mad is that!?
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Clemens said:
We are actually regressing in terms of water provision
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And things will only get worse. Water is coveted so much that there was a proposal to tax non-gava entities that provide the same kama huku kwetu satellite towns. Alafu Nairobi, for example, is sinking boreholes at an alarming rate, making the water table go lower and lower to the point of destabilizing the soil structure.
Makes me wonder what came to be of the Turkana aquifer that supposedly holds 250 billion cubic metres of freshwater btw..
 
mzeiya said:
And things will only get worse. Water is coveted so much that there was a proposal to tax non-gava entities that provide the same kama huku kwetu satellite towns. Alafu Nairobi, for example, is sinking boreholes at an alarming rate, making the water table go lower and lower to the point of destabilizing the soil structure.
Makes me wonder what came to be of the Turkana aquifer that supposedly holds 250 billion cubic metres of freshwater btw..
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Sad situation, they say that the next wars will be fought over water.
 
mzeiya said:
And things will only get worse. Water is coveted so much that there was a proposal to tax non-gava entities that provide the same kama huku kwetu satellite towns. Alafu Nairobi, for example, is sinking boreholes at an alarming rate, making the water table go lower and lower to the point of destabilizing the soil structure.
Makes me wonder what came to be of the Turkana aquifer that supposedly holds 250 billion cubic metres of freshwater btw..
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Hiyo ya Turkana, the will is not there, even the county government could have drilled it and turn the county into a serious agricultural power house.
 
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