ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL WATER PROJECTS IN NAIVASHA, KENYA, CASE STUDY: MARAIGUSHU WATER PROJECT
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
As the world hurried to achieve the millennium Development Goal number 7 which aimed at halving the population accessing safe and improved drinking water, many water development projects were undertaken in the developing countries and indeed in Kenya. Now that these target has been attained, the challenge remains to ensure that these projects benefits are sustained and that they continue to offer the benefits of clean water services to the communities served without compromising future generation’s ability to enjoy such benefits. The first step towards sustained access to safe water services is to draw an understanding of the current situation, by identifying and addressing the gaps in service delivery and the institutional capacity. Maraigushu water project is a case example of rural water projects that has been in existence for almost two decades and continues to provide services to the community. For over twenty years, this project has been managed by the community. Since its inception, no systematic assessment has been conducted to establish its sustainability. The researcher undertook this research with the goal of assessing the water project sustainability. The study employed a mixed method comprising of a household survey. Water committee members were interviewed for key project information, documents reviewed and physical assessment of the water project conducted. Data was analyzed using Stata 10. With reference to the conceptual framework underpinning the relevance of the study, through the use of ordinal logistic regression, it has been possible to demonstrate the extent to which “Sustainability†as the dependent variable is related to “Community participationâ€, “Management factor†and “Technical factorâ€. In most cases, it is observed that the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable exist at 95% level of confidence. The management factors were observed to deserve in improvement in order to further enhance this project’s sustainability.
Authors and Affiliations
Emah Wamuyu Macharia| (Corresponding Author) Postgraduate, MSc. In Project Management, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology P.O Box 3872, Kigali Rwanda Email: emandengo@gmail.com Telephone: 250 783 055 415, Dr. Marvin Mbassana| University Lecturer Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kigali, Rwanda Email: embassana@sfb.ac.rw, Mr. Joseph Oduor| University Lecturer Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kigali, Rwanda Email: joekouor@gmail.com
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