Factors Affecting Project Sustainability Of Community Managed Water Supplies In Laikipia East Sub-county, Laikipia County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Kenya with support from multilateral and bilateral financing agencies has implemented many rural water projects to address the pressing need of water supply and improve on local sanitation conditions. Many rural projects fail to deliver the goods and services as planned and operational costs increase exponentially making them unsustainable to run. The main objective of the research was to establish the factors affecting project sustainability of community managed water supplies with the aim of making proper recommendations for improving their sustainability especially in a rural sett…