Consultancy Services for Evaluating Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Institutional Arrangements, Service Delivery Mechanisms and Preparation of FSM Institutional Framework for Mavoko, Kitengela, Ngong, Ongata Rongai and Kajiado Townships

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution. The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises three entities: The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund. The AfDB’s mission is to fight poverty and improve living conditions on the continent through promoting the investment of public and private capital in projects and programs that are likely to contribute to the economic and social development of the region. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies investing in the regional member countries (RMC).

The Government of Kenya (GoK) on behalf of Athi Water Works Development Agency (AWWDA) has received financing from the AfDB towards the cost of the Kenya Towns Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program (KTSWSSP) and intends to apply part of the amount for this loan to payments under the Consultancy Services for Evaluating Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Institutional Arrangements, Service Delivery Mechanisms and Preparation of FSM Institutional Framework for Mavoko, Kitengela, Ngong, Ongata Rongai and Kajiado Townships.

The objective of the assignment is to evaluate existing service delivery models and institutional arrangements and identify the gaps that affect safe delivery of sanitation services and establish common structures and standards in form of institutional framework that would govern effective service delivery of proposed sanitation systems, both centralized (sewers) and decentralized (non-sewered/onsite sanitation systems) thereby facilitating the attainment of maximum benefits from Sanitation programs and projects in the project areas.

The scope of individual consultancy services will include but not limited to the following:

• Increase understanding among stakeholders of the urban sanitation legislative and regulatory context by reviewing the existing relevant Acts, policies and regulation. Identify the gaps and give recommendations.
• Undertake a review of the existing formal and informal institutional arrangements, regulations, and policy implications for delivery of both sewered and non-sewered/ fecal sludge management (FSM) sanitation solutions.
• Assess barriers, constraints and gaps in existing systems that inhibit safe sanitation service delivery.
• Evaluate service delivery models within existing sanitation policy and institutional frameworks
• Assess existing capacity of the formal and informal sector to deliver sanitation services; analyze gaps in capacity; and recommend solutions to address these gaps
• Recommend performance indicators for ensuring continued sanitation service delivery
• Develop organizational frameworks required to safely deliver on the sanitation mandate within the scope of the proposed solutions in the feasibility studies.
• Develop an institutional strengthening/transformation plan and associated investments including staffing roles/responsibilities, capacity building plans, and the preparation of procedures/operations manual to improve the sanitation management (both on-site and off-site systems) along the service chain.