GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 63

under the powers granted by section 72(1)(b) and (2) of the Water Act, 2016, has approved the regular tariff adjustment for the area served by Meru Water and Sewerage Services Company Limited (MEWASSCO). MEWASSCO applied to the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB) for a review of water services tariffs for the period 2025/2026 to 2028/2029 in line with section 72 (1) (b) of the Act. Public consultation on the MEWASSCO application was carried out as per the requirements of section 139 of the Water Act 2016. Having considered the application, the written and oral submissions by all stakeholders and the current data, WASREB has determined that an upward tariff review is justified for MEWASSCO to improve service delivery, operate sustainably and protect consumer interests by meeting the tariff conditions attached to the tariff. WASREB hereby gives a one-month notice from the date of this communication to all existing and potential customers of MEWASSCO that the structure of approved tariffs for water services for the four financial years 2025/2026, 2026/2027 ,2027/2028 and 2028/2029 shall be as follows: 1.0 Approved Tariff Structure for the period 2025/2026 to 2028/2029 1.1 Water Tariff Consumer Categories Consumption Block Approved Tariff (M3) (KSh. /M3) Domestic/Residential 1-6 95 7-20. 127 21-50 135 51-100 150 101-300 155 >300 160 Multi-Dwelling Units Flat Rate 127 Government/Institutions 1-50 135 51-100 145 101-300 150 >300 160 Commercial/Industrial 1-50 135 51-100 145 101-300 150 >300 160 Public Schools, Colleges and Universities 1-600 125 601-1200 135 >1200m3 140 Water Kiosks Per M3 70 Customers with non-functional meters shall be billed based on the average of the last three months’ bills. 1.2 Sewerage Tariff 1.2.1 Consumers with a Water Connection (a) Sewerage will be charged at 75% of the water volumes, billed at the tariff for water specified (in 1.1) above for all customer categories. (b) Disconnected water accounts shall be charged based on the average of the last three months’ sewerage charges before the disconnection. 1.2.2 Customer with no water connection Sewerage consumers without a water connection shall be charged as follows: • Domestic customers without a metered source of water (Per Single dwelling unit): KSh. 350 Per Month • All other categories: 75% of the volume of water consumed as per the metered source of water including boreholes, at the rates specified in (1.1) above. 1.3 Indexation The utility’s approved tariffs for water and sewerage shall be eligible for annual indexation, as per the regulations of the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB). The inflation adjustment shall come into effect every July of the tariff period commencing July 2027. 1.4 Miscellaneous Charges Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Water Deposit Category of consumer Domestic 2500 18 18 Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Retail shops less than 10m3 3000 Retail shops with more than 10m3 3,500 Bar and restaurants with less than 15 m3 4000 Bar and restaurants more than 15 m3 6,000 Hotel class “A” and “B” with less than 150 m3 12,000 Hotel class “A” and “B” with more than 150 m3 15000 Hotel class “C” and ‘D’, with less than 150 m3 18000 Hotel class “C” and ‘D’ more than 150 m3 20,000 Hospitals and Health centres more than 150 m3 20,000 Hospitals and Health centres with less than 150 m3 12,000 Schools and other institutions have more than 200 m3 20,000 Schools and other institutions with less than 200 m3 10,000 Minor construction sites of more than 200 m3 15,000 Major construction sites with more than 300 m3 50,000 Light industries with less than 200 m3 30,000 Medium industries between 200 m3 and 300 m3 50,000 Heavy industries of more than 300 m3 100,000 Water Kiosks 5,000 Customers with only a sewer connection are to be charged a deposit equivalent to a water connection Other Charges Service New water connection fee – Connection size: ½ inch to 1 inch 2,500 New water connection fee – Connection size: 1.5 inches to 3 inches 7,500 New water connection fee – Connection size above 3inches 15,000 Water Reconnection fee – at meter point 500 Water Reconnection fee – at mains 5,000 and double deposit Tanker – 8000 & 16,000 litres 2,500 & 5,000 respectively per tanker within MEWASSCO’s area for all consumers Sale of water per M3 at Bowsing Point (own tanker) Ksh. 122 Replacement of stolen or damaged meters 100% of the market cost of the meter Meter testing on request 500 Sewer Connection- Residential/ Domestic 5,000 Sewer Connection- Commercial, Government, Schools, Universities, and Colleges 7,500 Sewer Connection- Industrial 15,000 Private sewer unblocking 2,500 Leak detection services 1,000 Sewer Reconnection fee 15,000 Statement of account fees 200 For cutting off the supply at the request of the consumer 200 For turning on the supply other than in respect of a first connection 200 Exhauster Services (Company Exhauster) Within the Central Business District (CBD) -KSh. 6,000 15 – 30 km Radius-KSh. 10,000 31 – 60 km Radius-KSh. 14,000 61 – 80 km Radius-KSh. 20,000 81 – 90 km Radius-KSh. 30,000 Over 90 km Radius-KSh. 35,000 Private Exhausters (Dumping into the company’s sewer system) 1,500 per load Penalties Illegal water connection -Commercial, Industry, Construction (Fraud) 100,000 plus estimated consumption during the period of illegality Illegal water connection (Fraud) – Domestic 30,000 plus estimated consumption during the period of the illegality Overcharging (fraud) at the water kiosk 15,000 Illegal sewer connection- Commercial, Industry, Construction 100,000 Illegal sewer connection- Domestic, Government, Schools, Universities & Colleges 30,000 Self-reconnection after cut-off for non-payment 5,000, and billing to be backdated from the date of the cut-off Surcharge for tampering with meters (this includes meter removal, reversing of meter, etc) 5,000 Surcharge for direct suction of water from the supply line using a pump 10,000 2.0 Cost Structure 2.1 Cost Summary Below is the summary of the recommended cost structure that makes up the total costs to be incurred by MEWASSCO during the tariff period: Expenditure Item 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 Operations 249,921,436 261,559,402 275,962,169 291,295,066 307,622,112 Maintenance 37,079,402 40,905,009 39,155,000 43,140,357 41,384,963 Regulatory Levy 17,277,020 18591,005 18,889,886 19,100,323 19,313,552 Total O&M Costs 304,277,858 321,055,416 334,007,055 353,535,746 368,320,627 Investment Costs 81,098,526 42,634,333 45,566,560 47,416,161 38,799,416 2nd January, 2026 THE KENYA GAZETTE Expenditure Item 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 Debt Repayment - 66,945,612 65,615,252 64,284,892 62,954,532 Total Costs 385,376,384 430,635,361 445,188,867 465,236,799 470,074,575 Total Billing (KSh.) 431,925,495 464,775,137 472,247,152 477,508,086 482,838,800 Collection Efficiency (%) 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% Projected Revenue 410,329,220 441,536,380 448,634,794 453,632,682 458,696,860 O&M Cost Coverage (%) 135% 138% 134% 128% 125% Total Cost Coverage (%) 106% 103% 101% 98% 98% 3.0 Conditions attached to the tariff approval. The conditions attached to this approval, which shall form part of the license conditions of MEWASSCO, are: 3.1 Service Delivery Conditions attached to the Tariff Target 2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 Water Coverage (%) 77% 77% 80% 81% 82% 83% Water quality standards (%) 100% Compliance Personnel Expenditure as % of O&M 40% 43% 32% 32% 32% 32% Non-Revenue Water 20% 19% 18% 17% 17% 16% Hours of Supply (Hrs.) 20 20 23 24 24 24 Staff per 1000 connections 7 7 6 6 6 6 Metering ratio (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Collection Efficiency (%) 104% 93% 95% 95% 95% 95% Resale at kiosk KSh. 5.00 per 20l Jerry Can 3.2 Other Conditions 3.2.1 Annual budgets The WSP shall adhere to the budgetary levels set in the tariff. 3.2.2 Surpluses The surpluses realised during the tariff period shall be used to implement priority service delivery capital projects approved by WASREB. 3.2.3 Catchment Protection The utility shall undertake measures to conserve/ protect the catchment areas of their water sources as part of Corporate Social Responsibility 3.2.4 Creation of distinct water and Sewer cost centres MEWASSCO will ensure that separate water and sewer cost centres are created and that different records of operations of the two centres are maintained. 3.2.5 Reporting The utility shall submit quarterly performance reports to WASREB in the prescribed format. 3.2.6 Regulatory Levy The utility is to pay a monthly regulatory levy based on 4% of turnover, which is inclusive of billing for other services and interest income earned. 3.2.7 Investments The utility shall undertake the investments in Table 1: - 4.0 Penalty Notice 4.1 Take note that failure of an Accounting Officer to administer this tariff and the conditions attached to it is an offence subject to section 196 (2) of the Public Finance Management Act 2012, 117 (1) (aa) of the County Governments Act 2012, Sections 147 and 158 of the Water Act 2016, and Regulations 46 (1), 101 and 105 of the Water Services Regulations 2025. 4.2 Failure to comply with the tariff and conditions attached to it amounts to a breach of licence conditions and shall attract sanctions pursuant to section 92 of the Water Act 2016, including: i. Payment of a penalty ii. Suspension or cancellation of the licence iii. Placement of the utility under Special Regulatory Regime iv. Prosecution. Table 1: Internally Funded Investments by Meru Water and Sewerage Services Company Limited (MEWASSCO) Name Description No. Price 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 1. Equipment Executive Office chairs Office Chairs 25 35,000 175,000 175,000 175,000 175,000 175,000 Workstation 2 250,000 250,000 250,000 - - - Boardroom tables 2 300,000 300,000 - 300,000 - - Boardroom chairs 20 40,000 - 800,000 - - - Paper shredder 1 50,000 - 50,000 - - - Safe 1 300,000 - 300,000 - - - Desktop computers HP 290GRAM-4 Micro Tower PC-Intel Core! -8GB RAM-1TB HDD-10500,21'' 15 130,000 390,000 390,000 390,000 390,000 390,000 20 20 Name Description No. Price 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 Windows 10 Pro.TFT Monitor Year Dealership Warranty Motorcycles Yamaha, YBR 125G, Japan 2 300,000 300,000 300,000 CCTV Cameras 8CH DVR Embedded up to 5MP, HD5MP full colour cameras, CAT 6 Siemon,4u cabinet, surveillance HDD, heavy duty pipes,25mm,5M Metallic CCTV post, GSM LTE Router,1KVA Hybrid Inverter and installation, battery 2v,150AMP, Sollatek Avs 30 Charge Controller, Changeover switch,10.mm Solar panel 200w 5 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 Laptop HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC 15- EG0050WM 15.6'' FHD Touchscreen Display 11th Gen Intel Core !5-1135G7 up to 4.2GHz 512GB SSD 8GB DDR4 SDRAM Intel Iris X Graphics HP 7 150,000 300,000 300,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 EPSON printer Eco Tank L3250 3-IN-1 Printer Epson printer, scan, and photocopy 2 45,000 - 45,000 - 45,000 - Printers Ricoh IM 2702 A3 black and white multifunction printer, Copy, print, scan, and optional fax Prints up to 27 ppm 7″ Smart Operation Panel Mobile printing 3 - 350,000.00 350,000.00 350,000.00 - - Mobile smartphones Smartphones running on the latest Android version, a quad-camera setup, and a 5000mAh battery. Supporting 5G networks and NFC 30 60,000 420,000 420,000 360,000 300,000 300,000 water dispenser - 6 32,000 64,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 32,000 Asset Tagging by bar codes - 1 500,000 500,000.00 - - - Toyota Hilux double cab - 1 8,500,000 8,500,000 - - - - Sewer manhole covers - 80 10,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 100,000 100,000 Turbidimeter 2100Q- Hach - 2 450,000 - - 450,000 - 450,000 Solar-powered pump - 2 950,000 950,000 - 950,000 - - Replacement of the leaking SV with an assisted butterfly valve (AVK) at the new water treatment plant - 3 1,500,000 1,500,000 - 1,500,000 - 1,500,000 Sub Totals - 13,799,000 4,212,000 4,657,000 1,292,000 3,197,000 B. Infrastructural Investment Drilling, Test Pumping, Equipping, and Civil Works for four Standard Solarised Boreholes with an Elevated Steel Storage Tank As per BQ As per BQ - 27,743,113 15,743,113 - 16,743,113 6,743,113.8 Extend D1-16 DN 63MM to Kithoka Scheme and SOS. As per BQ As per BQ - 6,794,533.7 5,295,722.7 - Upgrading of Kambakia - Kaongoacheke Assorted Pipelines As per BQ As per BQ - 3,292,611.9 2,078,904.5 Supply and install high lift surface pumps As per BQ As per BQ - 3,200,000 2,400,000 800,000.00 2,000,000 Procure and install air blowers for the Milimani Water Treatment Plant As per BQ As per BQ - 6,760,000 9,440,000.0 - Install an Automatic single-dosing system for Alum As per BQ As per BQ - 2,505,000 2,091,000 Install a transmission main to Magundu As per BQ As per BQ - 8,274,440.3 8,274,440 8,274,440.3 Purchase customer meters (New Connections, - 6720 6,500 8,736,000 8,736,000 8,736,000 8,736,000 8,736,000 2nd January, 2026 THE KENYA GAZETTE Name Description No. Price 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 Replacement of faulty and aged meters) Procure and install graded filter media for the Milimani Water Treatment Plant and HLT Water Treatment plants As per BQ As per BQ - 3,870,000 - Sub Total 55,738,647 30,171,726 32,546,163 37,623,554 29,923,459 C. Non-Revenue Management Establish 60 DMA in 5 years - - - 1,849,997 1,849,997 1,849,997 1,849,997 1,849,997 Replacement of Faulty Bulk Meters - 3 150,091 450,273.00 - - - - Purchase and Installation of Sectional Valves As per BQ As per BQ - 1,554,958 - - - - Purchase and Installation of Air Valves As per BQ As per BQ - 2,571,650 2,571,650 - 2,571,650 - Purchase &Installation of Pressure Reducing Valves As per BQ As per BQ - - 3,828,960 - 3,828,960 3,828,960 Replacement of Pipelines prone to pressure bursts or High NRW ratios As per BQ As per BQ - - - 6,263,400 - Buying of NRW reduction equipment (Pressure loggers and UFMs Portable Meter Testing Kits) - 2 250,000 - - 250,000.00 250,000.00 - Motorbikes for the team as the SPA expands Yamaha, YBR 125G, Japan 2 300,000 600,000.00 - - - - Sub Totals 7,026,878 8,250,607 8,363,397 8,500,607 5,678,957 TOTAL 76,564,526 42,634,333 45,566,560 47,416,161 38,799,416 Dated the 2nd December, 2025 RICHARD CHERUIYOT, MR/7897570 Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Water Services Regulatory Board.