The Business of Water In An East African Shanty Town
By Sarah Stuteville
NAIROBI, Kenya--As day breaks over the rusty tin roofs and makeshift homes of the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, the water sellers are already at their water tanks, waiting for their first customers.
Selling water in one of the world’s largest slums is a good business. On most days the vendors charge 5 cents for five gallons, 100 times the cost of piped water provided by the city. But the city does not send water to the residents of Kibera--at any price.
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By V R Rutledge
When one thinks of corruption in the Water Management sector of government the natural tendency is to consider those departments concerned with providing water to the populace. According to Transparancy International and the section of that organization called Water Integrity Network the problem is of a much wider scope.
Water pollution is one of the main problems but not the only problem. From the Global Corruption report of Transparency International
"Water is vital and has no
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