When the Government of Kenya received financial assistance from the International Development Association (IDA) to carry out a Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project, UK survey specialist Fathoms Ltd was contracted to undertake the all-important bathymetric surveys. 

The overall project is being handled by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), the National Irrigation Board (NIB) and the Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) and has four main components: Water Resource Management and Irrigation, Management of Forest Resources, Livelihood Investment in the Upper Tana Catchment and Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. A national project coordination office (NPCO) located in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is responsible for the overall coordination of the implementation of project activities.

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ICTs are potentially important policy tools and their role is increasingly moving to the core of national competitiveness strategies around the world due to its revolutionary power as a critical enabler of growth and modernization. As a result, many emerging economies have initiated projects with the aim of increasing universal access to communications; one such nation is Kenya. Indeed, Kofi Annan rightly observes; “ICTs can give developing countries the chance to leapfrog some of the long and painful stages of development that other countries have had to go through”. In this regard, Kenya recently drafted a national ICT policy and with the advent of broadband Internet, the country now faces nothing but the challenge of converting the infrastructure into a catalyst for sustainable growth for all.

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Challenges in the Implementation of PPP Projects

A Renewed Interest in Railways

On September 14 2010, the Managing Director of Kenya Railways, Mr Nduva Muli presented a most interesting address to members of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya at a function held at Silver Springs Hotel.

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