Water suppliers 'unfair to the poor'

"The absence of a formula-based approach to budget allocation at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has led to large inequities for water access in Kenya, with the poor paying more compared with the rich, and millions of citizens going without adequate access every day," James Nduko, the Kenya programme manager of Twaweza, an NGO, said on 5 November at the release of a report, It's Our Water Too! Bringing Greater Equity in Access to Water in Kenya.

"Our analysts have aggregated facts from a range of credible sources that demonstrate that persistent inequalities in access to water services in Kenya can be quickly reduced if an approach that links investment and resource allocation to needs rather than political weight is adopted and implemented."