Early Warning System

Regions

Africa

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Kenya

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Nov 19, 2024

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Kenya - Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (MoWSI); Ministry of Finance

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Water and Sanitation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 168.11 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 22, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the objective of the National Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Program (NUWSSP) is to improve access to safe and reliable water supply and sanitation services in selected towns in 16 counties in Kenya.

The program will target 21 towns in 16 counties, with a population of around 1,409,245 people, who will benefit from improved access to water supply and 500,000 people will have improved access to sanitation services. Beneficiary towns have been selected on the basis of demand for water and sanitation in urban cities, shortcomings in last-mile connectivity under the Kenya Sustainable Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Program, and the readiness of sub-projects to be implemented. Marginalized towns in arid and semi-arid areas of the country were also considered. The counties concerned are as follows: Kajiado, Mombasa, Marsabit, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Meru, Muranga, Nandi, Narok, Baringo, Laikipia, Nyandarua, Homa Bay, Migori, Bomet and Uasin Gishu.
The program targets several towns in Kenya that will benefit from improved access to a safe and reliable supply of drinking water and improved sanitation services. For the successful implementation of the program, various stakeholders were consulted, including drinking water service providers, county administrations and the communities that will directly benefit from the program. Civil society organizations were also recognized as key players and consulted.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environmental Category: [1] High Risk

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

African Development Bank (AFDB)

Finance Type: Standard loan
Commitments (UA): 126,273,451
Conversion Rate USD (2024-11-28): 1,33136

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Muthoni Emily KILONGI
Water and Sanitation Engineer, AHWS2
African Development Bank
e.kilongi@afdb.org
www.afdb.org