Learning institutions in four counties have benefitted from sanitation projects funded by African Development Bank (AfDB) at a cost of $96,080.
The projects are aimed at improving sanitation services and promoting water saving technologies in peri-urban and rural areas of Kenya through enhancing technical skills of youth and women to create job opportunities.
It focusses on comprehensive sanitation solutions, including the construction of Safe Toilets (SATO), Green Toilet Systems (GTS), Faecal Matter Treatment Facilities, and enhancing of technical skills of youth and women through sanitation technology transfer.
The project addresses critical public health issues, promotes environmental sustainability, enhances socio-economic development, supports education and gender equality, and contributes to national and global development goals.
It also breaks the taboos associated with recycling of human waste.
In Kajiado County, SATOs have been constructed in Arap Moi Primary and will benefit 3,240 pupils while Faecal Matter Treatment Facilities are constructed in Oloolaiser company premises along Gataka road.
A total of 100 toilets are under construction in 10 primary schools across Kitui and Kisumu counties, expected to serve close to 10,000 pupils.
In Tharaka Nithi, the toilets are being constructed in KEWI Chiakariga Campus and will benefit 500 students.
The facilities are designed to convert human waste into safe, nutrient-rich composite. It focusses on sustainable waste management and resource recovery, and it entails treatment of waste from GTS into fertilizer.
SATO uses the Lixil technology of Japan, which is an improvement of the normal pit latrines as the self-sealing toilet pan eliminates smell, uses little water and keeps off flies.
Daiho Fujii, Japan’s Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, accompanied by AfDB and Kenya’s Ministry of Water officials, visited the project in Arap Moi and Oloolaiser yesterday to see the project results first hand.
Fujii said the project will build a healthier and improved access to education in Kenya.
Oloolaiser Water and Sewerage Company MD Salau Rogei said the project will reduce environmental pollution and protect water bodies.
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