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{"id":5734,"date":"2023-02-01T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscentre.co.ke\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2023-02-01T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:37:58","slug":"cs-wahome-announces-start-of-implementation-of-horn-of-africa-ground-water-for-resilience-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/cs-wahome-announces-start-of-implementation-of-horn-of-africa-ground-water-for-resilience-program\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Wahome announces start of Implementation of Horn of Africa Ground Water for Resilience Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation has commenced the implementation of the Horn of Africa; Groundwater for Resilience Project (GW4RP) whose objective is to increase the sustainable access and management of groundwater in the Horn of Africa borderlands against the effects of recurrent drought.<\/p>\n
The GW4RP is a programme that will be implemented with the Ministry in partnership with the World Bank Group (WBG) targeting the ASAL five Counties of Wajir, Mandera, Turkana, Marsabit and Garissa.<\/p>\n
Speaking during the official launch of the commencement of the programme from a Nairobi Hotel at a function attended by stakeholders in the programme, Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome said that the project that will cost an upward of USD 135 Million will be disbursed within 6 years period running from 2022 to 2027.<\/p>\n
\u2018This will benefit approximately 1.5 million people in the beneficiary Counties with several intergrated projects comprising of water resource management, water services and sanitation services,\u2019 CS Wahome said.<\/p>\n
She assured that no shilling will be lost in the whole process warning that contractors that will be involved in any malpractice will be blacklisted.<\/p>\n
County Govenors from the affected areas who were present asked for the speedy implementation of the project citing that the ongoing severe drought has hit hard in the Northern Kenya region leading to massive loss of livestock and lives.<\/p>\n
They included Mandera\u2019s Mohamed Adan Khalif, Wajir\u2019s Ahmed Abdullahi, Garissa\u2019s Nathif Jama and Marsabit\u2019s Mohamud Mohamed Ali.<\/p>\n