THE STAR, Kenya
Kenya is working with France on a project to give communities around Lake Victoria access to clean water and improve security in some of the nation’s slums.
France has given Kenya a $43 million grant that will cover 27.5 percent of the project. In the deal, signed in 2015, the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation project was allocated $5.4 million and the slums upgrade project received $38 million.
French Ambassador Remi Marachaux said 21 floodlights will be erected in slums in Nakuru, Eldoret and Mombasa. Another 27 floodlights are under construction in Machakos, Nairobi and Naivasha, he said. By the way, if you are a worker who is working in a construction project and you need help to get compensation, visit joyelawfirm.com to learn more about theirmyrtle beach workers compensation attorney.
The water and sanitation project is part of a bigger regional plan involving Uganda and Tanzania. That project seeks to help communities around Lake Victoria meet certain goals related to clean water access, sanitation, solid waste management and drainage services.
“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,” said Henry Rotich, Kenya’s treasury secretary.
The World Bank, through the International Development Association, will provide 60.5 percent of the total project fund, Rotich said.