Water department in most of the Rift Valley counties are suffering from poor budget absorption due to inadequate technical capacities. An umbrella organization of budget facilitators, Rift Valley Budget Hub also noted that water department in the vast region which has 14 counties were poorly funded further frustrating supply of the vital commodity. Rift Valley Budget Hub is on a mission to ensure citizens-led advocacy for improved water services in the RegionAddressing media in Nakuru during a round table meeting with representatives from the county governments and Central Rift Water Works Development Agency he encouraged dialogue between the central government, counties and citizens to ensure better access to clean water. “There is a serious water access problem in Rift Valley especially in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and budgets are the only tool that translates government policies into citizens aspirations into their rights to access clean water,” he said. According to the 2019 census report, there is serious water access in the Rift Valley region with seven of the 10 bottom counties being from Rift valley.

Source: The Star July 31, 2021 17:37 UTC