Figure 3 Goals and Strategies for the water sector in Kenya for 2012
Source: Kenya Vision 2030 (2007)
The more detailed development plans are made by each regulating body, such as the Strategic Plans by Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB). In contrast to the Kenya Vision 2030 development plan, WASREB’s Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 (2015), its mission states “to provide a regulatory environment that facilitates efficiency, effectiveness and equity in the provision of water services in line with the human right to water and sanitation” (p. 10). It also emphasises that the Kenyan Constitution “entrenched the right to water and sanitation in the bill of rights, effectively making water and sanitation a human right” (p. 14 & p. 41), and states that “WASREB shall focus its strategies to support the pillars while assuring the human right to affordable and safe water” (p. 25). Moreover, WASREB publishes Impact reports annually to the public since 2008, assessing the performance in the water sector, such as water and sanitation coverage, water quality, etc. According to the latest Impact report (Issue No.12) by WASREB (2020), water coverage in urban area (2018-2019 data) is at 59%
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