The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Eng.

Eric Mugaa has launched an ambitious 5-year strategic plan for the Northern Water Works Development Agency to improve access to water and sanitation in six counties.

The plan for 2024 - 2028, which will require funding of approximately Sh63.7 billion in the next 5 years to be fully implemented, seeks to improve access to water in urban areas from 34 per cent to 44 per cent and 22 per cent to 32 per cent in rural areas.

In addition, the Agency targets to improve access to sanitation from 8 percent to 13 percent in urban areas and 29.1 percent to 34.1 percent in rural areas.