September 21 2023: Kenya has already made significant strides to realise its dream of successful water PPPs. Notably, the Water (Amendment) Bill, 2023 proposes to empower Water Works Development Agencies and the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority to take on the role of water service providers through PPPs. Additionally, the Government has announced ambitious plans to construct 100 dams over a five-year period. As these dam projects are capital-intensive and the public purse is strained, a good number of them are likely to be structured as PPPs.
Through various State agencies, the government is building at least five mega dams in Kenya at a cost of more than Sh156bn in deals that were signed after the Jubilee administration took over leadership in 2013
