NWRUA VISION

Ngusishi Water Resources Users Association was formed in 1998 as a Self Help Group with interest in sharing the tiny Ngusishi River. This was prompted by a series of conflicts between the upstream, midstream and downstream members who always clashed over the stream for domestic and livestock water. After a series of meetings and consultations a common agreement was formed to establish and register a Water Resource Users Association (WRUA). With the help of WRMA, the Association was registered in 2002. The Association is composed of 16 Water projects and covers an area of 104km2. There is a general increase in the demand for water in the Association, due to population increase and economic growth, but the resource base is limited.

The Association is composed of 830 registered households and is estimated to have an overall population of over 7000 people and over 50,000 livestock. Ngusishi river flows a 12km stretch and joins Timau river. It only discharges 68 l/sec which are shared among its 16 water projects to leave 30% to flow along the river. In dry seasons, it only flows for a few kilometers and dries up. This compounds the problem of accessibility to water and illegal water abstractions occur in the stream.

The Association also faces problems of catchment degradation, underdevelopment of water infrastructure, poverty and HIV/AIDS. To alleviate the above problems, the Association is responsible for the formulation of workable strategies for the management, development, conservation, protection and control of the water resources.This document is a tool that describes the framework for the advancement of the development projects already initiated in the Association and those to come.

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