Water resource management in a Kenyan sub-catchment
A case study on the Ngusishi WRUA, a community-based water management association formed by a vision to equitably distribute limited water resources among its residents.
Abstract
At the Ewaso Ngiro North Basin in Kenya, a community-based organisation - the Ngusishi Water Resources Users Association - has been successful in reducing water-related conflicts and ensuring that downstream users (and people across the border of Somali) can access water for their domestic needs. Consultations, dialogues, and brokering agreements on water abstraction and use - for domestic and productive needs - have made all these possible.
Whilst providing inspirational examples of partnership, the Ngusishi WRUA is not free from challenges. Addressing these will require greater collaboration with higher levels of government (and other departments) to enable the conservation of water sources, while meeting the water needs of its residents.
Bibliography
Halcrow, G., 'Water resource management in Kenya's Ngusishi sub-catchment', SNV Case Study, The Hague, SNV, 2023.
For more information
Send an email to water@snv.org to the attention of Sandra Ryan, Global Technical Advisor, Hydrology