{"id":81304,"date":"2023-01-23T08:39:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/counties-lose-sh10bn-annually-on-water-ministry"},"modified":"2023-01-23T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T08:54:08","slug":"counties-lose-sh10bn-annually-on-water-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/counties-lose-sh10bn-annually-on-water-ministry","title":{"rendered":"Counties lose Sh10bn annually on water \u2014 ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Water is introducing what it terms as drastic measures that will see billions of money lost yearly on non-revenue water saved.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, water service providers at the counties are losing up to Sh10.6 billion yearly representing 42 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>This, it says, is through corruption, poor governance and nonpayment of water bills.<\/p>\n<p>In a three-year action plan developed to address this, Principal secretary Dr Paul Ronoh say they intend to spend Sh17.9 billion to replace old infrastructure and invest in smart metres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The money we are losing is huge and that is why as a ministry we want to recoup it as we seek to bring everything to order in the next three years,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ronoh said they target to lower the loss to 20 per cent and subsequently two per cent as per the global recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The PS spoke during the closure of a two-day workshop that brought together regulators, CEOs of the nine water works agencies and heads of departments from the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>He also said they are adopting a new technology to help in monitoring of water infrastructure across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal connections, spillages, old infrastructure and lack of maintenance have also been identified as the major contributors of losses.<\/p>\n<p>Ronoh said recovery of non-revenues will be done through public-private partnership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The Ministry of Water is introducing what it terms as drastic measures that will see billions of money lost yearly on non-revenue water saved. According to the ministry, water service providers at the counties are losing up to Sh10.6 billion yearly representing 42 per cent. 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