The company had been able to carry out various development project which are geared toward improvement of water and sanitation services within Kirinyaga. The projects were undertaken through collaboration and partnership with the County Government of Kirinyaga, Development partners like Water Sector Trust Fund and Tana Water Works Development Agency.
NO | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | PROJECT COST (KSH) | FINANCIER | PROJECT IMPACT | |||||
1 | Wanguru Decentralized Treatment Facility(DTF) | Construction of 75m3/day waste water Digester enpure plant. | 21m | Kirinyaga CG & WSTF | Improved waste water treatment and disposal and Kirinyaga County | |||||
2 | Kirinyaga Household Sanitation Project Phase III | Construction of 300 improved pour flush toilets for urban poor within Wang’uru town( wamumu and rurie locations) | 7.1m | WSTF | Improve sanitation to low income areas of Wanguru town. | |||||
3 | Water Systems Reinstatement works | Reinstatement of water supply infrastructure affected by road improvement projects. Areas include: Mugwande-Old kangaita, Kabonge, Kiania, Karima, Kirimunge, Mwea ACK, Ngurubani Pry school and Wayua areas. 278 connections have been reconnected to water supply | 20.5m | KeRRA, KURA& KIRIWASCO | To restore water supply to affected areas. | |||||
4 | Water Extension Projects | To extend water services to Wamumu,Kiandegwa,Kangaru,Vee,Kimuri,Karia,kutus(Kibugi area) and Ihara-Gatiko. More than 1550 households will benefit from the water supply. | 70m | Kirinyaga C.G & KIRIWASCO | To increase water supply coverage within Kirinyaga county. | |||||
5 | Mwea-kutus | 11km DN315 raw water main (from River Nyamindi to Sam/corner),18km DN200 trans main (from Sam/corner to Wanguru), and administration block. | 84M | Kirinyaga CG | Water supply to; Nyangati,Ndoba,Kimbimbi,Wanguru, Mutithi & thiba. | |||||
6 | Mwea-Makima | Nyamindi intakes, 11km DN150 raw water main (from Nyamindi to Sam/corner), 29km DN200 trans/main (from Sam/corner to Makutano/ ) & 225m3 storage tank at Sam/corner. | 110M | World bank thru. TWWDA | Water supply to; pee-i, karaba, wango, gatengi and part of makutano | |||||
7 | Wang'uru Elevated Tank | 300m3 15m High steel elevated tank (at Wanguru). | 15M | WSTF | Increase water storage for Wanguru town. |
NO | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | PROJECT COST (KSH) | FINANCIER | PROJECT IMPACT | |||||
1 | Conditional Liquidity Support Grant( CLSG) Phase I | Emergency covid-19 interventions that includes: water trucking services to informal settlements, construction of hand wash stations, pipeline extensions to the vulnerable, equipping of 1no. Nganga borehole and wash hand platforms to public institutions | 33m | WSTF | Provision of water services in the fight against Covid-19. | |||||
2 | Kirinyaga Bulky Water Supply | Construction of 30,000m3/day water supply system for Kerugoya, Kutus, Kagio and Sagana. Works include; Intake (Kiringa and Thiba), T/works (Muratiri), raw water main, transmission mains, storage tanks. The project is at 21% complete. | 1.17b | A.D.B thr. TWWDA | To improve water quantity, quality and reliability within Kirinyaga county towns. | |||||
3 | Kerugoya/ Kutus sewerage system | Construction of 5,000m3/day sewerage system for Kerugoya and Kutus town. Works includes 34km sewer lines, stabilization ponds and admin houses. The project is at 43% complete. | 500m | A.D.B thr. TWWDA | To improve sanitation level for Kerugoya and Kutus towns. | |||||
4 | Water system reinstatement works | Reinstatement of water systems affected by the current road work improvement projects. This includes: 35km of Makutano-Kibirigwi pipeline(Kenha: 45% complete), Kagumo-Getuya-Baricho pipeline(KeRRA- 75% complete) and Mwea town reticulation system( KURA- 20% complete) | 250m | KeNHA,KURA, KeRRA& Kiriwasco | To restore water supply to affected areas. |
NO | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | PROJECT COST (KSH) | FINANCIER | PROJECT IMPACT | |||||
1 | Kerugoya, Kutus, Kagio town water system rehabilitation | To renew water supply system withi Kerugoya, Kutus and Kagio towns | 100m | Kirinya CG & KIRIWASCO | To improve water supply reliability and reduce water wastage. | |||||
2 | Ndiriti T/plant and water intakes rehabilitation | To rehabilitate existing water intakes and treatment plants. | 100m | ADB thr. TWWDA | To improve water availability, reliability and quality. | |||||
3 | Water supply extension projects | Water supply extension to unserved & underserved areas within Kirinyaga county (Kiangai, Thiba, Nyangati, Murinduko, Gathigiriri,South Ngariama, upper Ndiriti, Kianganga(Kutus) and Kinyaga(Kagio) | 500m | Kirinyaga CG & National Government | To increase water supply coverage within Kirinyaga county. | |||||
4 | NRW Management | Procurement of Non Revenue Water equipment. They include Ultrasonic flow meters, Leak detectors, pipe locator, meter test bench | 20M | KIRIWASCO & TWWDA | To reduce company’s NRW water to required Wasreb benchmark standards. |