Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Eng. Eric Mugaa received the EACC Report on Compliance Risk Monitoring in the Development and management of Dams at the Kenya Water Institute on 25th February this year.
The Commission conducted Compliance Monitoring on the implementation of the dam projects at the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation in 2024 with the main objective to entrench integrity and accountability in the planning, development, implementation and utilization of the projects.
The report focused on key areas like the operating environment which entail Governance tools, institutional and administrative arrangements, management of natural water resources, project initiation, dam construction and management and utilization of dams.
Water CS Eng. Eric Mugaa while receiving the EACC report said checks and balances start with personal responsibility where he urged officials in the sector to embrace honesty, transparency, integrity in their operations while giving value for money when implementing projects.
He urged members to be good stewards of public resources adding that the Ministry welcomes the report and will take action on the recommendations to mitigate against any risks and ensure successful implementation of projects.
PS Water and Sanitation committed that the Ministry will work closely with EACC on corruption prevention in the sector. He noted that the Ministry has put in place legal frameworks through the water reforms of 2002 and the Water Act 2016 which define clear roles of the water agencies to prevent overlapping mandates.
EACC Commissioner Dr. Cecilia Mutuku reiterated the preventive approach that puts in place strategies to assess risks and implement appropriate risk mitigation measures while entrenching good governance before, during and after the project implementation.
The CS was accompanied by PS State Department for Water and Sanitation Julius Korir, CBS, Water Secretary Eng. SAO Alima, Authority’s Chairman CPA Symon Kimaru, Ag. CEO Eng. Julius Mugun among other sector CEOs, HODs and Corruption Prevention champions.
The EACC team present were Commissioner Dr. Cecilia Mutuku, Mr. Vincent Okong’o; Director, Preventive Services of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption and Ms. Sophia Muturi representing EACC’s Deputy Director, Preventive Services among other senior officials. Also present were members of the Corruption Prevention Committee from the Authority led by the Ag. CEO Eng. Julius Mugun.
