National Water Sector Development Strategy 2006-2015.

The National Water Sector Development Strategy (NWSDS) sets out how the Ministry responsible for Water will implement the National Water Policy to achieve the targets of the Vision 2025 and the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty. This will, in turn, guide the formulation of the Ministry’s Harmonised National Water Sector Development Plan and the Water Sector Development Programme as inputs into the Medium Term Expenditure Framework financial planning process. The NWSDS has been prepared by a Task Force that has included experts from the various departments of the Ministry responsible for Water, the Ministry of Health, and the Prime Minister’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government. Particular attention was given to the new institutional frameworks for Water Resources Management and Water Supply, Sewerage and Sanitation to ensure that these reflected adequately changing role of the Government from service provider to that of co-ordination, policy and guideline formulation, and regulation, as set out in the National Water Policy. The new institutional frameworks also take into account the devolution and decentralisation of responsibilities for water supply, sewerage and sanitation to Local Government Authorities under the Local Government Reform Programme. The NWSDS formulation process has been participatory. Stakeholders were involved in providing comments at each stage of the process.