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Figure 11 Kenya's Household Water Provision Trend, 2000-2017

urban areas, in which the speed of water service provision cannot catch up with the speed of urbanisation. This can be illustrated with the population data as shown in Appendix 7.

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Figure 11 Kenya's Household Water Provision Trend, 2000-2017

Source: JMP Website

Figure 12 Kenya's Household Water Provision Trends - Urban (left) and Rural (right), 2000-2017

Source: JMP Website

Moreover, when the water data is observed based on the facility types, it can be seen that while the piped network has more or less remained around 30% coverage, the non-piped water services have increased over the years (Figure 13). This data is also different based on urban or rural setting. As it can be seen in Figure 14, while the piped water service coverage has decreased over the years, from approximately 84% to 62%, in urban areas, the non-piped water service coverage has increased, from approximately 8% to 27%.36

35 The population data graphs are not included in the data results section, because the SDG 6 indicators are based on the number of population, but the author has included in the Appendix for reference. 36 More detailed data on the years 2000 and 2017 are included in the Appendix for reference.

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