Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
The World Bank has injected 155$ million through the International Development Association (IDA) into the Water Security and Climate Resilience Project.
The loan was approved yesterday during a World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors’ meeting.
The project’s objectives are to:
1. Increase availability and productivity of irrigation water for project beneficiaries
2. Enhance the institutional framework strengthening capacity for water security and climate resilience in Kenya.
These funds will be essential in developing an irrigation scheme along the Lower Nzoia River in Siaya and Busia counties in Western Kenya as the first phase of the venture. As a result, it will contribute to food security, economic growth and enhance climate resilience for farmers as it is the flagship project of the Kenya Agricultural Sector Development Strategy.
“The Lower Nzoia Irrigation Scheme is aimed at ensuring water supply for high-value crops such as fruit and vegetables, as well as crops that are diet staples for Kenyans, such as soybeans, cereals and other legumes,” said Gustavo Saltiel, Team Leader of the project. “We look forward to working with the Government of Kenya as it implements this project.”
Other upcoming operations of the project are: effective water sector institutions intended to support reforms in the water sector resulting from the 2010 Constitution as well as, ensuring water investments are sustainably planned, developed and maintained for long-term prosperity.
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