Two Kisumu slums to get Sh19.5m toilet facilities
Two informal settlements in Kisumu will benefit from a modern sanitation project that will cost Sh19.5 million.
Manyatta and Obunga slums will have the unique facilities that will improve sanitation as it did in Nyalenda and Nyamasaria.
This is timely intervention especially with current flooding challenges. The project is being implemented by Seureca East Africa Ltd in partnership with the national government.
The funding has been channelled through Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency (LVSWDA) with Kisumu Water and Sanitation Company as a key partner.
Public participation
Seureca sanitation expert Caroline Mwangi said that the project has restored hope for a cleaner environment as reaffirmed during a public participation forum held at Magadi primary school.
Mwangi (pictured) told the forum composed of land owners that the project has two categories of toilets; a modern pit latrine and a power flush type of facilities.
On the other hand, if the residents built a power flush type, it could be advantageous as it could be remodified for connection to a sewer line, she explained.
Mwangi said it was in this light that Seureca East Africa Ltd convened the forum for local landlords and ladies to help in the management and curb environmental degradation.
Speakers at the forum blamed the introduction of diapers in place of napkins terming this a tragedy. Local residents often woke up to find piles of diapers dumped at the doorsteps or gates at night.
