The Principal Secretary for Water and Sanitation Julius Korir met with the Authority’s technical staff on 14th October, 2025 at the Authority’s offices in National Water Plaza, Nairobi. During the consultative meeting the PS noted the need for a robust database of projects and designs ready so as to facilitate funding.
This was in recognition of the President’s agenda to transform the water sector, anchored on building about 50 dams through innovative financial mobilization.
Mr. Korir urged the Authority to be in tandem with the current government thinking of water securitization, being the financial process of converting future cash flows from water assets into marketable securities to raise immediate capital.
The PS recognized the technical capacity at the institution, now that the government is giving more emphasis on water for food security, energy production and water for both domestic and industrial use, thus welcoming the Authority to spearhead this endeavor.
PS Korir was impressed by the Authority’s well-trained technical staff, who are crucial in implementing key water infrastructure projects. He urged them to develop transformative ideas that will lead to impactful and productive water projects.
The meeting underscored the urgency of capacity building to identify, design and implement climate smart projects that will attract funding, develop and implement concepts with adaptation, mitigation and resilience in mind.
He concurred with the Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Eng. Julius Mugun on the formation of teams that will immediately undertake studies on possible dam sites in the 22 ASAL counties; and possibly review the reports by November 2025. This will inform resource plans for detailed designs and implementation, as per the availability of funds.
Eng. Mugun further emphasized the strategic role of the Authority in water harvesting and storage which is a key enabler of the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) where food security and universal health coverage will be achieved through irrigation.
He thanked the PS for the fruitful discussions and the support, noting that it is through teamwork and collaboration that the Authority will effectively discharge its mandate.
Also in attendance were Senior Officers from the State Department of Water & Sanitation and all the Technical Staff from the Authority.
