Abstract
Worldwide, 80 percent of the people who have limited access to drinking water supplies live in rural areas. Despite the continuous efforts, which have been made to provide water supply projects, the commodity is still not enough for all. Out of a population of approximately 45 million people in Kenya, about 17 million (43%) do not have access to clean water. In Murang’a County, only 41% of residents use improved sources of water, with the rest relying on unimproved sources. There are some which are managed by the water companies, the department of water and others by the community members through water project committee. The purpose of the study was to assess the role of resource mobilization on the management of water supply in Murang’a County, Kenya. Interpretivist research philosophy was used and descriptive study design adopted. The target population comprised of the local stakeholders or the beneficiaries (households), water supply and management organizations staffs, National and County Government officials from the Ministry of Water and staff of non-state actors dealing with water in Murang’a County giving a total population of 89,415. This study used a sample size of 225 respondents. This study utilized a self-administered research questionnaire to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. SPSS version 25 was used to aid in data analysis. The data was presented in tabular form as well as diagrams like pie charts and bar graphs for easy understanding and interpretation. The regression model was used to measure the relationship between the variables. The findings revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between resource mobilization and management of water supply (? =0.277, p=0.000). An improvement in resource mobilization leads to improvement in management of water supply significantly and the local community in Murang’a County supports the work of water agencies in the county through provision of standardized equipment facilitates to ensure sustainability of water supply. The study thus recommended that the both the national and county governments should develop methods for conserving and augmenting the quantity of water available, perfect techniques for controlling water to minimize erosion, flood damage, and other adverse effects in the country and that the governments should develop methods for managing and controlling pollution to protect and improve the quality of the water resource. Keywords: Resource Mobilization, Management, Water Supply, Murang’a, Kenya.
Highlights
The purpose of the study was to assess the role of resource mobilization on the management of water supply in Murang’a County, Kenya
The results imply that most of the respondents involved in this study were staff in water supply organizations since they were more involved in matters of management of water supply in the County and were the relevant persons to obtain information about management of water supply from
Based on the findings the study concludes that resource mobilization is important in the management of water supply
Summary
Background of the StudyManagement of water supply in the past has been dominated by government and community organizations in an attempt to ensure this commodity is available for consumption. Haiyan (2018) pointed that water of acceptable quality is increasingly hard to find because local sources are allocated to prior uses, depleted by over pumping, or diminished by drought stress. Mohammadpour and Bagheri (2017) allude that water is a common resource which is essential for living things’ survival and more to human beings. Ostrom (1990) indicated that sustainability is a major challenge in the rural water supply sector, where efforts to realize the right to clean water are undermined by high levels of non-functionality.Like in other common resources, the situation of water management is worsen by the fact that the current trend of natural resources use jeopardizes availability of the resources base for the future generation (Kwangware, Mayo & Hoko, 2014). Management of water supply in the past has been dominated by government and community organizations in an attempt to ensure this commodity is available for consumption. Haiyan (2018) pointed that water of acceptable quality is increasingly hard to find because local sources are allocated to prior uses, depleted by over pumping, or diminished by drought stress. Like in other common resources, the situation of water management is worsen by the fact that the current trend of natural resources use jeopardizes availability of the resources base for the future generation (Kwangware, Mayo & Hoko, 2014). Rehema, Juliette, Mariella and Sharon (2018) indicated that participation of local stakeholders in water resource management is a crucial prerequisite for the sustainable supply and use of scarce water resources. The trend in population increase is not seemingly to change in the near future. McNicholl, McRobie and Cruickshank (2017) opined that stakeholders play a central role in setting up priorities and objectives of water initiatives in order to ensure relevance and appropriateness. Rehema, Juliette, Mariella and Sharon (2018) indicated that participation of local stakeholders in water resource management is a crucial prerequisite for the sustainable supply and use of scarce water resources. Haiyan (2018) reiterated that in the absence of proper management of water, conflicts within communities often arise from competing water uses, and from overlapping and competing jurisdictional mandates of agencies dealing with water issues
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