Chronic Underfunding and Low Prioritization of Sanitation
Kenya’s sanitation sector is caught in a paradox — a vital engine of health and prosperity treated as a cost to be minimized. This chronic underfunding and political apathy have crippled essential infrastructure, keeping millions in cycles of preventable disease, economic drag, and social inequality. It’s not just a budget issue; it’s a national strategy failure.
A Shift in Perspective
The pathway to achieving SDG 6.2 is clear: we must move from fragmented, donor-driven approaches to a coordinated, multi-sectoral financing model. Sanitation is not charity — it’s smart economics. It fuels productivity, reduces healthcare costs, and builds equitable growth.
Call to Action: Share Your Story, Shape the Future
To the unheralded innovators, local champions, and tireless teams building change where others see failure — your work matters. You are creating scalable, context-driven solutions that can guide the national strategy forward. But too often, your impact goes unshared and unseen. Let’s change that.
- • Validate the Economic Argument: Prove, through lived examples, that sanitation is a high-return investment — not a subsidy.
- • Elevate Political Will: Provide tangible, evidence-based stories that strengthen advocacy for dedicated sanitation budgets.
- • Unlock Scaling Potential: Help others replicate your success and accelerate national progress toward universal, safely managed sanitation.
Don’t let your pioneering work remain hidden. Join the Sanibook Initiative and turn your achievements into the collective knowledge Kenya needs.
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