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One of the effects of global warming is unreliability of climate and weather patterns. In the recent past, rainfall patterns have been erratic, resulting in water shortages. Agriculture, industrial and domestic water supply were affected. Water vending business in many urban centres in Kenya has boomed—but at a cost to public health.
The Government must put in place mitigating measures to enhance resilience in the water sector. The World Bank in 2014 defined resilience as “the ability of a system, entity or community to adopt to a variety of changing conditions and withstand shocks while maintaining its essential functions”.
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