Volume 4 | February 2018
KIWASH Updates
Water, sanitation and hygiene highlights from USAID's Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project
Stephen Mutiso knows the value of water to students in rural schools. The managing director for Mbooni Water and Sanitation Company that serves the Mbumbuni community in semi-arid Makueni County, Mutiso insists that he would gladly   .............>
On February 6, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Global Water Coordinator, James Peters, together with Busia County Governor, Sospeter Ojaamong, commissioned the Alema Wate .................>
Forty-year-old Rebeca David is one of 80 farmers from Kitui and Makueni Counties set to receive a bumper harvest of about 10,000 kilos of onions per acre of land. This is owed to the support she received from the USAID’s Kenya Integrated Water Sanitation and   ... ....................>
Kevin Kafwa, Water Supply Operator for Busia County, looks proudly on the new solar hybrid pump in the Alema borehole pumphouse. He points to the numbers on the face of the pump, showing off how much energy the new solar panels are producing – more than the pump needs to operate . ..................> 
In Kangondi village in Makueni County, Boniface Ndangili is excited to learn that he can grow crops on his farm despite the drought that has hit his village. KIWASH recently installed solar panels at the borehole near Boniface’s home, supplying water to more than 17,000 ....................>
Despite their humble beginnings, the Chyulu Community-Based Organization (CBO), located in the heart of Makueni County, currently owns a solar powered borehole that supplies water to more than 5,000 households in the neighboring villages of Mbukoni, ....................>
USAID’s Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) Project works to improve the lives and health of one million Kenyans in nine counties. The five-year project (2015–2020) focuses on the development and management of sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and increased access to irrigation and nutrition services.