$355 MILLION COMPACT TO PROVIDE LUSAKA RESIDENTS GREATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICES
$355 MILLION COMPACT TO PROVIDE LUSAKA RESIDENTS GREATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICES
April, 2012
By Ben Kangwa
While in the last 20 years, Zambia has undertaken various policy and institutional reforms in the water sector, challenges such as, old and inadequate infrastructure, lack of connection networks, intermittent water delivery and the poor performance of utilities still remain in Lusaka.
Further, the capacity of water supply and sanitation service provision has been stretched by a rapid population growth of more than one million.
On 22nd March, 2012, the United States Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established in 2004 approved a US$354.8 million Compact with Zambia.
The Board of Directors’ decision was arrived at its quarterly meeting chaired by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to lay the foundation for systematic and lasting change in Lusaka’s water, sanitation and drainage sector, a critical constraint to economic growth in the country.
On May 10, 2012, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Zambian government are scheduled to sign the US$354.8 million five year Compact.
It is expected that through the Compact, the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) project will provide Lusaka residents greater access to water and better water supply, sanitation and drainage services by extending and improving select water supply and sanitation and through an improved drainage networks, lower flooding.
Speaking in Washington DC in April, 2012, when he met the MCC Vice President – Department of Compact Operations Patrick Fine and Andrew Mayock, Deputy Vice President for Compact Operations for East and Southern Africa, Minister of Finance and national Planning Alexander Chikwanda thanked MCC and the United States government for this gesture.
He said, “The Compact will be the single largest investment in the water
April, 2012
By Ben Kangwa
While in the last 20 years, Zambia has undertaken various policy and institutional reforms in the water sector, challenges such as, old and inadequate infrastructure, lack of connection networks, intermittent water delivery and the poor performance of utilities still remain in Lusaka.
Further, the capacity of water supply and sanitation service provision has been stretched by a rapid population growth of more than one million.
On 22nd March, 2012, the United States Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established in 2004 approved a US$354.8 million Compact with Zambia.
The Board of Directors’ decision was arrived at its quarterly meeting chaired by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to lay the foundation for systematic and lasting change in Lusaka’s water, sanitation and drainage sector, a critical constraint to economic growth in the country.
On May 10, 2012, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Zambian government are scheduled to sign the US$354.8 million five year Compact.
It is expected that through the Compact, the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) project will provide Lusaka residents greater access to water and better water supply, sanitation and drainage services by extending and improving select water supply and sanitation and through an improved drainage networks, lower flooding.
Speaking in Washington DC in April, 2012, when he met the MCC Vice President – Department of Compact Operations Patrick Fine and Andrew Mayock, Deputy Vice President for Compact Operations for East and Southern Africa, Minister of Finance and national Planning Alexander Chikwanda thanked MCC and the United States government for this gesture.
He said, “The Compact will be the single largest investment in the water