The hygiene and sanitation standards for 80,000 school children in Mombasa is set to raise, the Mombasa county’s executive member for water, Environment and Natural resources, Ms Fatma Awale, has said.
Speaking to the press
on Thursday Ms Awale said that the county government has set aside Ksh.110
million to ensure all public Early Childhood Development centres and primary
schools in the county receive both water and proper ablution blocks relative to
the student’s population.
“This will greatly
reduce the prevalence of communicable diseases that have been ailing our
children and affecting their studies”, said Awale
The announcement
follows the receiving of a 2billion grant to improve water and distribution
networks in the county.
The grant came from two
donors ;the World Bank group through the Water Security and Climate Resilience Program
and the Royal Dutch Government through Vitens Evides. According to Awale the
two donors gave Ksh. 1.3 billion and 704 million respectively.
Targeting to complete
100,000 new water connections within two years the grant will significantly
impact the lives of over half a million people.
Part of the funding
will be utilized in facilitating water connections in low income areas such as
Likoni, Changamwe, Jomvu and Kisauni.
Another portion of the funding will be set aside for capacity building
and the turnaround of Mombasa Water and Sewerage Company.
“These efforts will not
only ensure availability of water to all corners of the county but also is in
preparation to absorb the 100,000 cubic meter of water that will be supplied
daily upon completion of Mwache Dam”, Said Fatma.
According to Awale the
project is in line with Governor Hassan Joho’s vision in providing Mombasa
residents with drinking water by the end of 2016.
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