The Kenya Sanitation Enabling Environment Project
(KSEEP) is a two-year project working to transform the enabling environment for household sanitation in Kenya and end open defecation by 2025. To achieve this, the project will harness high-level political advocacy, strengthen government monitoring systems, roll out large-scale behavior change programs, and scale up innovative solutions for urban sanitation in informal settlements.
Kenya Sanitation Alliance
Almost 85 percent of open defecation in Kenya takes place in 15 counties (Turkana, Samburu, Tana River, Marsabit, Wajir, West Pokot, Narok, Garissa, Kwale, Kilifi, Baringo, Mandera, Kajiado, Homa Bay and Isiolo). These 15 high-burden counties have more than 80,000 people practicing open defecation and more than 10 percent of households defecating in the open. Ongoing efforts need to be increased to reduce the annual rates of open defecation. The project will support the formation and operationalization of the Kenya Sanitation Alliance, which will bring together relevant national ministries and development partners to strengthen the local governments to mobilize domestic resources and track and monitor the progress of eliminating open defecation through coordinated actions.
National Sanitation & Hygiene Real-Time Monitoring System
One of the most significant bottlenecks for wide scale tracking of progress on household sanitation in Kenya is the absence of a national, real-time monitoring system. KSEEP aims to establish and operationalize a National Sanitation and Hygiene Real-Time Monitoring System (RTMIS) in all 47 counties. KSEEP will also create 34 additional Sanitation Monitoring Hubs at the national and county levels to better plan, coordinate, and leverage resources.
Community-Led Total Sanitation
KSEEP aims to accelerate the pace toward ending OD in the five highest-burden counties (Turkana, Homa Bay, Kilifi, Narok, and West Pokot), where over 1.6 million people are still practicing OD. KSEEP will help National and County governments adapt CLTS protocols to reach pastoralist communities better.
Safely Managed Urban Sanitation
KSEEP will expand access to household sanitation in informal settlements in Kenya by promoting container-based solutions for 166,600 people living in Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Mukuru Kwa Njenga, and Mathare informal settlements in Nairobi.
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