A holder in MA Project Planning and Management, MSC. Urban Water Engineering &Management, BSC. Agricultural Engineering.
Professional with over 10 years of experience in water Engineering field. Currently working as Technical Coordinator in Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company.
Am an experienced water Engineer, keen on details, goal-oriented, and aiming to give the best service possible with an earnest endeavor to furthering the existing knowledge gap through continual learning and participation.
Topic
Influence of Project Design Orientations on Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Output-Based Aid Project by Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company, Kenya
Abstract
One of the major assurances of wellbeing and stable community is adequate access to water and sanitation as stipulated by sustainable development goal number 6. Increasing population growth in Nairobi with majority living in low-income settlement areas causes pressure on existing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities. Regardless of several initiatives of WASH project implementations by government and other agencies, sanitation remains a problem with majority of the projects stalling. The study aimed at establishing the influence of project design orientations to sustainability of water and sanitation output-based aid project by Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company (NCWSC). Study objectives were; To assess how technological, community participation, collaboration and networking, and monitoring and evaluation design orientations influence sustainability of water and sanitation output-based aid project by NCWSC. Descriptive survey design was employed, with a target population of 244 respondents from NCWSC staff and project beneficiaries. The research applied census method of data collections using questionnaires and focus group as research instruments. The study established that there was a significant positive influence of technological, community participation, collaboration and networking, and monitoring and evaluation design orientations on sustainability of water and sanitation output-based aid project with correlation values of ( r=0.636, p< 0.05), ( r=0.690, p<0.05), (r=0.678,p<0.05), and (r=0.715, p<0.05) at a confidence level of 5% respectively. The study recommends that M & E design orientations be implemented as scheduled, community participation design orientation in all the stages of project, collaboration and networking of partners from local, national, and international in co-funding of water and sanitation projects, and technical expertise to enhance sustainability.
