MOMBASA COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE HYGIENE AND SANITATION

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.