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    Household Heads Characteristics and Access to Water, Energy and Housing in Kenya
    (Kenyatta University, 2022) Omondi, Beatrice Anyango; Jackson Idi Mdoe
    individual is considered a priority aspiration especially in developing nations. Kenya has not been left behind in this and has envisioned a universal access to the three at an affordable rate by 2030. The country is however constrained to this attainment with challenges including resource gap, over reliance on donor contributions, high poverty incidence and fragmented policy frameworks among others. Water, energy and housing pose numerous benefits to human beings directly and indirectly and are at the center of improving human well-being and quality of life. Kenya has therefore taken numerous steps in ensuring that all households have universal access to water, energy and housing by 2030. However, the country may not achieve this by 2030 due to documented challenges related to implementation of objectives including inadequate data on the key indicators to allow for better policy formulation. There is need for alternative channels to achieve universal access to clean water, clean energy and affordable decent housing by 2030 in Kenya and this study is an effort towards this strand of thinking. The study aimed at finding out the effect of household head characteristic on access to water, access to energy and access to housing. Random utility framework was adopted. To achieve the study objectives, multinomial logistic regression modeling and logistic regression modeling was employed. The 2015/2016 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey data was used. This set of cross-sectional data was collected over a twelve-month period and disaggregated data by county and at national level. Arising from the study findings, an increase in income proxied by change from semi-permanent to permanent dwelling structure by household head led to an increase in household’s access to clean water and clean energy by 19.41 and 10.07 percent respectively. Age of the household head was found to be insignificant in access to clean water and clean energy. An increase in the age of household head however increased the likelihood of residing in a permanent dwelling by 0.89 percent with a nonlinear relationship. Increase in education of household head from no education to primary education through to tertiary education increased the probability of household head selecting clean water source, clean energy source and decent housing. Being employed increased the likelihood of using clean water and clean energy by 4.09 percent and 2.07 percent respectively. Employment status of the household head was however found not to influence type of dwelling structure. Being male increased the probability of using clean water and clean energy by 1.99 percent and 26.11percent respectively. Residing in the rural area by a household head reduced their probability of using clean water and energy by 20.39 percent and 20.56 percent respectively. Area of residence was however found not to influence the type of dwelling unit. Based on the study findings, the study suggests that there is need to develop policy around the key and significant household head characteristics which includes empowerment of household head, creation of awareness and training, gender issue, and working on key infrastructural systems in urban settings would greatly improve access to clean water, clean energy and decent housing in Kenya.