Are the Water Trips in the Dryland Kenya for Sustainable Development, Journeys in Vain or Trips to Oblivion

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dc.contributor.authorDanga, B. O.
dc.contributor.authorAfullo, A. O.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-02T08:50:00Z
dc.date.available2013-12-02T08:50:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejesm.v6i3.2en_US
dc.description.abstractKenya’s households’ (HH) water access status is appalling. As a gender based task, women and children make billions of trips to satisfy HH water needs, taking a heavy toll on societal growth and development. Kenya’s 4872 randomly sampled HHs from six Arid and semi-Arid land (ASALs) counties were studied using interviews and focused group discussions. The aim was to determine the burden of water fetching in Kenya-ASALs. On a daily basis, HHs make 3.06 water trips of 49.42+0.36 minutes, largely shouldered by females (2.69 trips); males (0.22); women (2.51); men (0.12) and children (0.43 trips). The 2.5 million Kenyan-ASAL households make 7,658,500 trips daily (2,795,352,500 annually). Of these, children make 395,477,500; women (2,287,637,500); and men (112,237,500 trips). With this kind of burden, the children and women are denied opportunity for self-development. Water supply mainstreaming is an urgent priority in Kenya-ASALs. Key words: Water Supply, Sustainability, Gender, Development, Kenya ASALSen_US
dc.identifier.citationEthiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management Vol. 6 No.3 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7725
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectWater Supplyen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectKenya ASALSen_US
dc.titleAre the Water Trips in the Dryland Kenya for Sustainable Development, Journeys in Vain or Trips to Oblivionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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