EcoSanRes: Sanitation Situation in Kenya
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Kennedy Odhiambo
Sep 1, 2010, 1:25:51 AM9/1/10
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Dear Colleagues,
There is a very disturbing revelation on the sanitation situation in Kenya. Kenya's 2009 population census results have been released and the statistics is startling. Only 30% of Kenya's 30 million people have access to piped clean water. Three quarters of the country's population households use pit latrines. Sixty three percent of households in North Eastern province practice open defecation.
According to the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, 30% of Kenya's disease burden is sanitation-related with many children dying of diarrheal diseases including dysentery, typhoid and cholera.
Such deaths could be prevented through investment in sanitation, water and hygiene. statistics indicate that Kenya is far off track in meeting the MDG goal Seven which aims at reducing by half the number of people without access to clean drinking water and sanitation by 2015.
Owing to the inadequate water supply and the high number of households without access to proper sanitation services, the better option would be to explore sustainable sanitation options such as Ecological sanitation. Particularly UDDT toilets which has been successful in the dry North Eastern part of Kenya. It would be futile to invest in conventional sanitation options with the dwindling water supply in most cities.
More suggestions are welcome on how to address this major problem. Kenya's population increase by one million annually according to the statistics released yesterday, a trend that is worrying. The government's Vision 2030 offers very little in terms of addressing the sanitation crisis staring on the face.
Your input will be of great significance.
Kennedy Kennedy Odhiambo BSc. Env.Sci.(Egerton University); Dip.Project Mgt.(KIM) Dip.Sustainable Sanitation(Norwegian University of Life Sciences, UMB), Dip.Safe and Sustainable Sanitation (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Certificate in Ecological Sanitation (UNESCO-IHE The Netherlands) National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) District Environment Officer Thika East&West,Gatundu South &North, Ruiru and Gatanga Districts P.O.Box 1197 Thika. Tel: +254-067-22763 Cellphone: +254-721 819235; 770373573,736249694 E-mail: ojwan...@yahoo.com |
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Laura Kraft
Sep 1, 2010, 3:52:38 AM9/1/10
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Dear Kennedy, Nice to hear from you! Please join also our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/ecosan-network-Kenya/110635032311907 and the ecosan network Kenya blog under http://ecosankenya.blogspot.com/ There we created a platform for Kenyans interested in ecosan to exchange ideas, communicate events and to link up with other people working with sanitation in Kenya. I would be also happy if you could join our planned ecosan events in September. I send you an invitation, more information you find also on the ecosan network Kenya blog. Regards, Laura --- Kennedy Odhiambo <ojwan...@yahoo.com> schrieb am Mi, 1.9.2010: |
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christian rieck
Sep 9, 2010, 7:45:58 AM9/9/10
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Dear Kennedy,
the trend of overpopulation in Kenya and many other countries is indeed very alarming. There does not seem to be a quick answer to water and sanitation related issues as we see from around the world and from realising the reaching the MDGs for sanitation are out of sight.
So what could be the concrete steps? You mentioned UDDTs as one step which is definetly right. In this respect GTZ is currently supporting the follow up and care of the roughly 1000 UDDTs at households and schools and other ecosan installations in the country. We hope others will join and contribute their support as well.
Moreover there is a workshop taking place on ecosan capactiy development with study tour and an ecosan vision workshop at the end of September. See the details on the Kenya blog http://ecosankenya.blogspot.com/ or you can get updates on the Kenya facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/ecosan-network-Kenya/110635032311907?ref=ts.
Sanitation officers, experts, masons and CBO leaders with ecosan background will be trained and capacity build. The second workshop on the vision of ecosan in Kenya is planned subsquently for a wide range of stakeholders. Many people agree that there is a need for a resource center on ecosan services in Kenya like planning, awarness training, capacity building, implementation and monitoring for practioners as well as institutions.
I am very excited to see what the outcome will be and how ecosan develops in Kenya and East Africa in general. There is great potential!
Cheers
Christian
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aisha abari
Sep 12, 2010, 10:48:16 AM9/12/10
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Mr Kennedy,
It's really unfortunate, the story is same in most of our African contries.Visit these communities and explain all the sanitattion ladder options including UDDTand let them decide which option/technology is preferred by them. You could also consider triggering them on community led total sanitation strategy . If well triggered, they will want to have toilets and a safe one..Where there is no water, sanitation and hygiene are awayl difficult to practice and promote.
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