France has given Kenya a 40 million Euros (Sh4.4 billion) grant that will cover 27.5 per cent of a Lake Victoria water and sanitation, and slums upgrade project.
In the deal signed on Friday, the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation project was allocated Sh550million and the slums upgrade Sh3.9 billion.
The World Bank through the International Development Association will give 60.5 per cent of the fund, said Treasury CS Henry Rotich.
The Swedish International Development Agency and the government will each give six per cent, Rotich said during the signing at his office in Nairobi on Thursday...
"Lake Victoria is an important national and regional resource which not only supplies water to farms around the lake but also has great potential for the development of regional lake transport and tourism,” he said.
He said the project will result in easier access to the affordable and sustainable supply of clean, safe water in Kisumu.
Rotich said the kitty will also improve the Dunga water pumping system enabling a secondary distribution network from Mamboleo and Obwolo tanks in Northern Kisumu and supply of water to Ahero and Kiboswa-Peri.
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