Kisumu County Government is joining forces with the largest non-governmental organisation providing clean water to connect rural homes in Nyakach constituency.
Governor Jack Ranguma says his government is working closely with World Vision International to supply clean and affordable water to every household in the area.
Ranguma said the partnership will help thousands of poor people have access to clean water by using solar-powered systems.
Speaking when he commissioned six water boreholes powered by solar panels in Nyakach financed to the tune of Sh 45 million by World Vision, the governor said his desire is to have every home connected to tap water.
“Under my leadership I will ensure that before my five year term I will ensure that five homes in a cluster will have piped water. In my second term as the governor every family will have tap water,” he said.
World Vision International, Kenya national director Dickens Thunde emphasised the need to connect clean water to every households.
Thunde said solar-powered pumps in the villages of Nyakach will provide a sustained water supply.
He said the partnership is historic as it will engage in many ways to take on the task of supplying drinking water in critical areas.
‘World Vision is ready to provide clean and affordable water to rural communities in Nyakach,” he said.
Thunde said once World Vision digs a well that serves as a community’s water source, it will use a solar-powered pump to store water in an overhead tank and an automatic water dispenser with water management system will ensure effective monitoring.
World Vision already has a long term humanitarian development presence in Nyakach, which supplements the clean water with other critical needs such as economic development, healthcare and education.