B&L Engineering Services Limited in association with FRAME Consultants Limited appointed to provide designs for under-served and marginalized communities in Taita Taveta and Samburu Counties in Kenya.

WaterFund has appointed FRAME Consultants Ltd (FCL) in association with B&L Engineering Services Ltd (B&L) to conduct studies and design water supply projects for Kaloleni in Taita Taveta County and South Horr Seren in Samburu County. The services include site surveys, environmental and social impact assessments, engineering designs and tender documentation for water pipelines, water intake works, pumping stations, storage tanks, ablution facilities and water kiosks.

Water Sector Trust Fund (WaterFund) is a Kenyan State Corporation under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation mandated to assist in financing water, sanitation and water resources management projects to the underserved and marginalized rural and urban areas. In the Water Act of 2016, the mandate of WaterFund is to provide conditional and unconditional grants to the Counties and to assist in financing the development of and management of water services in the marginalized and underserved areas including the following: –

Community level initiatives for the sustainable management of water resources.
Development of water services in rural areas considered not to be commercially viable for provision of water services by licenses.
Development of water services in the under-served poor urban areas.
Research activities in the area of water resource management and water services, sewerage and sanitation.

These projects are among several projects being implemented by WaterFund through the Ending Drought Emergencies Climate Proofed Infrastructure Programme (EDE CPIRA), being implemented in eight selected counties of Kilifi, Taita Taveta, Kitui, Kajiado, Samburu, Baringo, West Pokot and Mandera Counties.

We are proud to be part of the team contributing towards eradicating drought emergencies in marginalized and underserved areas by designing sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure in line with our strategy of Providing Inspiring Engineering Solutions to all our customers.

[Below photos of some of community sensitization meetings]