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Water Services Trust Fund

Water Services Trust Fund. WASPA CONFERENCE THEME: Sustaining gains in the provision of quality water & sewerage services. The future of WSTF in Water and Sanitation: Challenges and Prospects. Eng. Jacqueline Musyoki, (Mrs.), OGW, Chief Executive Officer. Contents:.

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Water Services Trust Fund

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  1. Water Services Trust Fund WASPA CONFERENCE THEME: Sustaining gains in the provision of quality water & sewerage services. The future of WSTF in Water and Sanitation: Challenges and Prospects Eng. Jacqueline Musyoki, (Mrs.), OGW, Chief Executive Officer

  2. Contents: • Introduction to WSTF’s Funding Windows • Projects under different windows • Development Partners supporting them • Challenges • Way forward

  3. Introduction • Mandate: • To assist in financing the provision of water services to areas of Kenya without adequate water services. • Vision: • To be a dynamic and innovative leader nationally and in Africa in the financing of the water sector.

  4. INTRODUCTION Core values • Accountability, transparency and good governance • Teamwork, equity and fairness • Honesty and intergrity • Customer focus • Life – work -balance 5 strategic objectives

  5. Strategic Objectives • To mobilize resources nationally and internationally to enhance provision of water services. 2. To develop and apply systems that ensure proper targeting, financing, implementation and sustainability of water and sanitation projects. 3. To establish and nurture partnerships with stakeholders. • 4. To continuously strengthen the WSTF institutional capacity and enhance staff skills to ensure effective and efficient service delivery. 5. To facilitate capacity building of agents to deliver on the provision of water services.

  6. WSTF achievement on Sector Reform • WSTF has a delineated role of financing • CBOs and WRUAs directly responsible for the WSS and WRM implementation • Equitable allocation achieved by the Target Locations, MAJI Data surveys and Alarm catchments • Pro Poor targeting in CPC and UPC

  7. Objective 1. Resource Mobilization • WSTF started in 2004 265 million with SIDA/DANIDA funding • SIDA and DANIDA funded WSTF for 6 years until 2010 • New donors came on board (EU/KfW, UNICEF, Government of Finland) • Presently WSTF a financing channel of choice for WRM and pro-poor WSS funding

  8. FUNDED PROJECTS SINCE 2004

  9. Distribution of income by investor

  10. Arrangement for pro-poor rural and urban investments WSTF Water Services Boards Big Investments realized directly by WSBs Financing Contract • Capacity Building • Monitoring and Evaluation • through Pool of Consultants, NGOs WRMA € WSP/ Community/WRUAs Implementing body urban rural • CPC • Community Project Cycle: • - point sources • small systems • Funds: € 20 Mio • SIDA, DANIDA UPC URBAN POOR CONCEPT: - Water kiosks - Basic sanitation (public & private) Funds: € KfW 5,5 Mio; EU 10,375 Mio (Cofinanced by KfW and GTZ) WDC Euro 500,Million SIDA Catchment Protection and Improvement

  11. Objective 2: Systems development • (CPC) – system for rural window. • (UPC) – system for low income urban areas. • (WDC) –system of climate change adaptation. • (OBA) - This is an innovative credit based finance product • Maji Data • External and Internal Auditing • Impact Study

  12. 1. Rural Window: (CPC) • Partners: • SIDA, DANIDA, AfDB, WB • Background and Status: • CPC is only implemented in Target Locations • Approximately 400 Target Locations identified (Kenya has 4,000 locations!) • CPC Target Locations - identified by all stakeholders in 2005 • CPC started in 2007, after the development of the CPC tools • A total of 243 projects have been approved so far

  13. Objectives for the Community Project Cycle (CPC) • Enhance capacity of communities to manage water and sanitation facilities • Promote delineation of roles within the water sector • Ensure Transparency and equity in targeted areas • Ensure mainstreaming of cross cutting issues at community levels

  14. CHALLENGES, CPC • Many incidents of poor design and wrong assumptions leading to non delivery of agreed outputs. • Without strong support from the SOs, the CBOs experience difficulties in procurement and contracting of works, financial management accounting and may lead to corrupt ion. • Lack of synchronization of donor funding cycles with CBO funding contracts leads to long delays in project implementation • Use of QCA by the WSBs to check on the quality of works enhances project outputs

  15. Lessons Learnt, CPC • Low capacity of the WSB and SOs to undertake overall coordination and support the CBOs respectfully. • Number of funded and completed projects vary from each WSB depending on board area and staffing levels. • Recruitment of competent SOs and enhancing their capacities through induction and training is critical to output realization.

  16. 2. Urban Window:

  17. Urban Window: • Partners: • KfW, EU, GTZ, UN-Habitat, GoK • Concept development: • Pilot Projects implemented between October 2007- June 2008 (they serve approximately 220,000 residents) • Objectives: • Construction of new kiosks • Rehabilitation of kiosks • Pipeline extension & installation of elevated tanks • Status and Up-scaling of the UPC: • 66 water & 13 projects on sanitation approved within various WSPs. • Expected beneficiaries – 726,000 people • 3 Calls for proposals done so far

  18. CHALLENGES • Poor quality of proposals • Procurement delays • Sites acquisition difficulties • Funding sanitation • WSP project team turnover • WSB and WSP management involvement • Monthly WSP reporting • VAT exemptions • Capacity of contractors • Contractor’s terms LESSONS LEARNT • Need to start procurement early • Land/sites negotiations early • Quality monitoring • Timely disbursements • Continuous feedback • Standardize contracts • Definite increase in revenue, e.g. Mumias

  19. Some of the WSTF-funded rural and urban projects

  20. 3.0 WDC Funding Window : • This window address issues on water resources management. • Project proposals are developed by WRUA’s (facilitated by WRMA Regional offices) then submitted to WSTF for appraisal and funding consideration. • Partners and Funding: • Sida was to contribute KSh. 470 million; GoK and WRUAs contribute KSh. 30 million • Objectives: • Improve on Catchment Management/protection • Increase Water flows in the water Catchment areas • Mitigate on floods and drought • Reduce water conflict by users • Status: • So far 100 WRUAs have been funded for training and preparation of SCMPs • WSTF appraising more WRUA proposals .

  21. Objectives of the WRUA DEVELOPMENT CYCLE (WDC) • Improve quality and quantity of water resources • Improve catchment areas • Improve governance in water resources • Improve compliance to regulation • Develop WRUAs

  22. 2.0 WDC Challenges (i) Slow project implementation resulting in low/slow absorption of funds & failure to meet donor deadlines (ii) Poor and delayed reporting on implemented WRUA activities resulting in delayed action plans (iii) Low literacy levels of WRUAs in financial accounting resulting in inability/ delayed accounting of disbursed funds by the WRUAs (iv) Inadequate monitoring of the WRUA activities resulting in stalling of some of the WRUA activities (v) Poor understanding of the WDC concept by SOs resulting in low quality outputs such as low quality SCMPs

  23. 2.0 WDC Challenges… (vi) Inadequate capacity ( funds/transport/personnel) of WRMA to support WRUAs implement their activities (vii) Gender imbalance in management committees. (viii) Inactive committees due to conflict of interests by management committee (ix) Misappropriation of project funds by WRUAs (x) Lack of / poor labeling of project facilities (xi) Audit queries arising from poor bookkeeping by WRUAs & inability of WRMA to disseminate financial accounting knowledge to the WRUAs (xii) Poor quality proposals for instance SCMP budgets submitted with huge lump sum figures without breakdowns making the appraisal process difficult

  24. Lessons Learnt WDC • WRUAs have wide range of eligible activities – sand dams, fish ponds, tree nurseries, river pegging, water allocation, joint intakes • Demand is very high • Awareness is created and expectations are high • WDC a preferred funding channel for Climate Change Mitigation

  25. UNICEF-WASH Programme: • Our partners: UNICEF, GoK, Netherlands’ Government • Objectives: • Providing 1.3 million people with clean drinking water • Rehabilitating water schemes to reach 310,000 beneficiaries • Targeting 21 districts in arid & semi-arid regions, flood prone areas • Funding wstf: • Total kshs 1.9 billion . • Approx. kshs. 490 million already disbursed targeting 200,000 people.

  26. MajiData (the pro-poor urban database): • Partners: • MoWI, GTZ, UN-Habitat • Activities: • The carrying out of a pro-poor mapping exercise • Detailed data is collected in and on all low income urban areas • Data on population, current water supply & sanitation (WSS) situation, housing, solid waste, socio-economic activities & infrastructure, land ownership, etc. • Objectives: • Improving water supply & sanitation in urban low income areas • Enable Water Services Providers to prepare proposals for WSTF • Strengthen the capacity of WSPs to manage WSS schemes • Enable the Sector to assess the current WSS situation and monitor the impact of programmes and their contribution to the achievement of MDGs & Vision 2030 objectives • NB/ - Data collected on more than 152 low income urban areas (LVNWSB & LVSWSB completed) currently in RWSB and AWSB

  27. Ecosan Projects: • Partners: • Ecosan promotion project has been implemented • by GTZ & SIDA • Funding: • KSh 25 million for Phase I and KSh 16 million for Phase II • Status: • The pilot project was implemented at Naivasha Bus Park • Lessons learned resulted in a new public facility design >> • A roll-out programme with WSTF is planned for 2009 – 2010 • It will be implemented by WSPs & CWPs using the UPC and CPC

  28. Output-Based Aid: • 40% of the total loan is a subsidy > If the target is met! • Objectives: • Water supply via boreholes, dams • Rehabilitation of old water schemes • Formation of WSPs in immediate area. • Current status: • KSh 41 million deposited in WSTF account • 10 No. CWPs funded – at different stages of implementation.

  29. Output-Based Aid (OBA): • Partners & funding: • The WSP of the World Bank • Collaboration with micro finance specialist K-REP Bank. • How it works: • CWSPs contribute 20% of total project cost • WSTF pays SOs to assist communities to prepare proposals • K-REP bank gives 80% of total project cost as a loan • Loan CWPs at 16% per annum • Subsidy after meeting the targets set

  30. Objective 3: Partnerships Established • Steering committees developed for Rural and Urban Windows • PMU for UNICEF • New Partners in Investment and Capacity Building • Web site • WSTF is receiving a lot of interest Water Resources Management Officers during a one on one meeting with WSTF

  31. Objective 4: Building Capacity of WSTF Policies : • Performance Contract and Staff Appraisals • Anti corruption, Code of Ethics , Gender Policy, HR, Training, HIV/AIDS, Disability • Tax compliance Training: • Corporate Governance, Project Management, Auditing, Financial Management, Risk Management, team Building, Cross Cutting issues,Ethics and Anticorruption workshops

  32. Objective 5: Building Capacity of Agents Objective of the Capacity building: Improve the efficiency and impact of the project implementation • Training of WRMA officers, 150 people • UPC 64 Water Service Providers • 22 Field Monitors in Project Management • 60 CPC Agents (WSB, SO) have been trained for project management

  33. CHALLENGES • Low absorption capacity of local partners • Government of Kenya support • Alignment with Constitution 2010 may present a new institutional framework and delays in the implementation • Need to manage drought prone areas sustainably • Harmonization of different funding streams

  34. Prospects at WSTF • Good Governance - the Trust Fund has elaborate systems in place to ensure Good Governance • Gender balance – Trust Fund is promoting gender balance through involving women in the management of the CBOs. This is stipulated in the contracts made with the CBOs. Women are being trained to operate the facilities. • Disability mainstreaming.

  35. Prospects at WSTF • Environment and Climate Change – the diminishing of the water resources is one of the most pressing environmental threats in Kenya • HIV/AIDS - the Trust Fund reaches a large number of communities through its activities. HIV/AIDS prevention is integrated in all community interface activities • ISO certification ; Trust Fund has join the organizations which are ISO 9001:2008 certified.

  36. VISION FOR FUTURE • Alignment with the Constitution 2010 • Bill of Rights – WSTF actions supporting citizens right to water • Up scaling of sanitation • Diversification and flexibility • Revision of systems for effectiveness and efficiency • Mitigating the climate change and recurrent drought with proper management and allocation of resources

  37. Vision for future, cont. • Partnering with the county governments • Improved communication and coordination • Database development – urban and rural • Improved partnerships • Professionalism in the water sector • Better regulation of all water services – setting standards and monitoring frameworks

  38. Thankyou!

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