Sanitising booth was for quickly disinfecting people in places with high flow of people such as supermarkets and hospitals. This power led Kenya Bureau of Standards’ to give rules on how make and run them. Now, Kebs has stopped approving the booths. Health ministry says it does not recommend the …

Sanitation refers to facilities and services for safe disposal of human urine and faeces. Only 3.9 million people (10 per cent) connect to a sewer in Kenya. Because of this low number of Kenyans using sewer has led the government to increase focus on onsite sanitation. This is collecting and …

You can reduce your chances of being infected or spreading Covid-19 by regularly and thoroughly cleaning your hands. People can become infected by touching their eyes, nose or mouth after touching objects or surfaces with droplets from an infected person. Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based …

Kenya Bureau of Standards and World Health Organization have guidelines for drinking water. Drinking water must have no hazardous organisms and chemicals.  It must obey laws on physical, chemical, inorganic contaminants, organic contaminants, microbiological and radioactive materials. Viruses and bacteria pollute swimming pools too. Tecta-PDS is promoting its automated, microbiological …

Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) is a government firm that sets standards for licensed water services providers. It measures quality of drinking water supplied by water firms. This is a critical performance indicator because it has a direct impact on health of consumers. A study by water sector regulator has …

Water loss, also known as non-revenue water, is the percentage of water losses from illegal connections, meter reading inaccuracies and leakages divided by volume of water produced. Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) allows a water loss below 20%. In its latest report, Impact Report 2020, the regulator says water firms …

Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) is a government firm that sets standards for licensed water services firms. It monitors their work and publishes results in its annual Impact Report. Firms gets grades on nine key performance areas. Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company has emerged number one in a performance assessment …

Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company has been the overall best performing water company for eight years in a row. This was until 2017/2018 when the company tied in top position with Ruiru-Juja Water and Sewerage Company. Mr Peter Gichaaga, managing director, Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company, tells us about the …

Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) is a government firm that sets standards for water services companies. Its work is to monitor water services providers and publish the results in its report called Impact. The Impact for 2019 found that only one in four water services firm is profitable. Report that …

Small water service providers in Nairobi were given one month to register their business. The deadline was yesterday 15 May 2020. Those who must register are water tankers, exhausters, gated community water service providers, private boreholes and community water projects. They must register online on Athi Water Works Development Agency …