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7 Oct 2020 NAIROBI, Kenya

Expansion Of Water Distribution, WASH Services, Lake Monitoring In Kisumu, Kenya

The Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project (LVWATSAN) in Kenya has received approval of over $70 Million USD in loans and grants from three European agencies.Funds will be used to expand the water and sanitation distribution network to over 800,000 people in Kisumu, on the shore of Lake Victoria, and its surrounding informal settlements, with a portion of the funding to be used for water quality monitoring of Lake Victoria...

28 Apr 2020 KISUMU CITY, Kenya

Lake Victoria Floods Force Displacement, Hamper Social Distancing Measures

Heavy rains that have caused major flooding in and around Lake Victoria over the past two weeks have affected fisheries, restaurants, shops, homes and livelihoods in in Kenya and Uganda, with widespread destruction and displacement. Experts and villagers claim this is the worst flooding since 1963. Local officials in Kenya have appealed to the national government for assistance in an effort to mitigate the problems and to forestall friction among fishing and pastoralist communities...

23 Oct 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya

More International Companies Look to African Water Market

Economic and political reforms in many African countries have bolstered investor confidence and attracted private sector interest in the water sector, according to industry executives who spoke to OOSKAnews on the sidelines of the International Water Association Development Congress and Exhibition in Nairobi last week...

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