Water and profits in Nairobi’s poorest neighbourhoods

It is difficult to believe that someone living on less than a dollar day in a Nairobi slum can pay more for the use of water than their counterparts living in the city’s affluent residential areas. A worrying trend has emerged from the Transparency and Integrity in Service Delivery in Africa (TISDA) programme water sector research showing that landlords in Nairobi’s informal settlements are restricting residents’ access to water and charging them extortionately for the use of it in order to make a profit.

To read more about these findings, follow this link to the TI-Kenya TISDA blog.