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Title:Water interventions for the urban poor: the case of Homa Bay, Kenya
Authors:Owuor, Samuel O.ISNI
Foeken, DickISNI
Year:2012
Issue:107
Pages:56
Language:English
Series:ASC working paper
City of publisher:Leiden
Publisher:African Studies Centre
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:water supply
sanitation
urban poverty
External link:https://hdl.handle.net/1887/20247
Abstract:In 2004, UN-Habitat, in association with the governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and with financial support from, amongst others, the government of the Netherlands, launched a major initiative to address the water and sanitation needs of the poor in a number of secondary towns around Lake Victoria. This paper focuses on one of the seven towns initially selected: Homa Bay in Kenya. It has two broad objectives: 1. To describe the LVWATSAN (Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation) programme water service interventions and implementation challenges in Homa Bay; and 2. To describe and analyse the access to water situation of low-income households in Homa Bay. A survey was carried out in 2010 in two (of the three) low-income settlements of Homa Bay, Sofia and Shauri Yako. The authors conclude that, in general, water services in Homa Bay have improved with the implementation of the LVWATSAN programme. However, results of the survey reveal that a lot remains to be achieved, especially in the low-income settlements. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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