Priority projects:

•  Homa Bay Town Water Distribution
•  Oyugis Town Sanitation Project
•  Solar Powered Rural Water Boreholes

Water and Sanitation infrastructure in Homa Bay County is managed by the Homa Bay County Water and Sanitation Company (HOMAWASCO). HOMAWASCO is currently responsible for both urban and part of rural water supply and sanitation in Homa Bay County (estimated population of 1.13 million). Its service area covers four urban and one rural water supply scheme namely; Homa Bay, Oyugis.

Homa Bay Town Water Distribution

HOMAWASCO currently supplies only about 10 – 15% of the total county population. Drinking water supply coverage in the service area of HOMAWASCO is estimated at 15% - 18% while sewerage coverage (including treatment) stands at 30% (for Homa Bay town only). None of the other towns in the service area have sewerage coverage. 

Recent investments by Dunea NV have significantly increased water production capacity to 8,000 cm3 litres per day, which would serve 20,000 households. However, due to inadequate distribution infrastructure, 5,000 households within Homa Bay town receive water. The estimated cost to bridge the gap is KES 140M.

Oyugis Town Sanitation project

Oyugis is a fast growing town in Homa Bay, earmarked for the issuance of a Municipal charter in 2022. Its scheme service area is currently realigned to the proposed Oyugis Urban geographical coverage (105 sqkm.) with a population of 73,903 persons. The scheme is currently serving a total population of 66,756 with water service. The water pipeline infrastructure covers 45 km within its S.A. However, Oyugis currently lacks an off-site sewer system. A plan was developed to construct one by the Lake Victoria Environnmental Management Project (LVEMP) at a cost of KES 841M. The sewer plant is targeted to accommodate influent of 3,289.6 m3/day.

Solar Powered Rural Water Boreholes

Despite being a lakeside county, 50% of the households do not have access to safe drinking water. Women in particular, spend inordinate amounts of time in search of water. One of our key commitments to the people of Homa Bay is that no woman should walk more than 1 km in search of water. In view of this, we are seeking support to install solar powered boreholes in each ward, estimated at KES10M per borehole, for a total of KES400M.