GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 5971

it is notified that the revised water and sanitation tariffs for GATAWASCO for the period 2024/2025 to 2027/2028 shall be as follows: 1.0 Approved Tariff Structure 1.1 Water Tariff Structure for the period 2024/2025 to 2027/2028 Consumer Categories Consumption Block Approved Tariff (m3) (KSh./m3) Domestic/Residential 1-6 70 7-20. 102 21-50 110 51-100 118 101-300 125 >300 135 Multi-Dwelling Units Per m3 105 Commercial/Industrial 1-50 110 51-100 118 101-300 125 >300 135 Government/Institutions 1-50 110 51-100 118 100-300 125 >300 135 Public Schools 1-600 102 601-1200 120 >1200m3 135 Unique Consumer Categories Water Kiosks (Per m3) 70 Bulk Water Supply (Per m3) 79 THE KENYA GAZETTE 30th May, 2025 Customers with non-functional meters shall be billed based on the average of the last three months’ bills. 1.2 Sewerage Tariff for the period 2024/2025 to 2027/2028 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: (a) Domestic customers without a metered source of water (Per Single dwelling unit): Ksh. 300 Per Month; (b) 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 2026. 1.4 Miscellaneous Charges Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Water Deposit Category of consumer Domestic 2500 Retail shops less than 10m3 3000 Retail shops more than 10m3 3,500 Bar, and restaurants less than 15 m3 4000 Bar, restaurants more than 15 m3 6,000 Hotel class “A” and “B” less than 150 m3 12,000 Hotel class “A” and “B” more than 150 m3 15000 Hotel class “C” and ‘D’ less than 150 m3 18000 Hotel class “C” and ‘D’ more than 150 m3 20,000 Hospitals more than 150 m3 20,000 Health centres less than 150 m3 12,000 Schools and other institutions more than 200 m3 20,000 Schools less than 200 m3 10,000 Minor construction sites of more than 200 m3 15,000 Major construction sites more than 300 m3 50,000 Light industries less than 200 m3 30,000 Medium industrial between 200 m3 and 300 m3 50,000 Heavy industries of more than 300 m3 100,000 Water Kiosks 5,000 Customers with only 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 1,000 Water Reconnection fee – at mains 5,000 and double deposit Tanker – 8000, 16,000 litres 2,500, 5,000 respectively per tanker within WSP area for all consumers Sale of water Per M3 at bowsing point (own tanker) KSh. 102 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 otherwise than in respect of a first connection 200 Exhauster Services (Company Exhauster) 5,000 for other customers and 4,000 for informal settlements Private Exhausters (Dumping into the company’s sewer system) 15,000 per Truck per month 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 water kiosk 15,000 Illegal sewer connection- Commercial, Industry, Construction 100,000 30th May, 2025 THE KENYA GAZETTE Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) 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 cut-off Surcharge for tampering with meters (this to include 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 GATAWASCO during the tariff period: Expenditure Item 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 Operations 73,835,041 73,835,041 73,835,041 Maintenance 7,352,250 7,352,250 7,352,250 Regulatory Levy 2,566,738 2,566,738 2,566,738 Total O&M Costs 83,754,029 83,754,029 83,754,029 Debt Servicing 16,631,167 16,631,167 16,631,167 Investment Costs 19,569,265 24,363,552 35,807,704 Total Costs 119,954,462 124,748,748 136,192,901 Total Billing (KShs) 115,936,011 124,531,467 133,674,155 Collection Efficiency (%) 95% 95% 95% Projected Revenue 110,139,211 118,304,893 126,990,447 O&M Cost Coverage 138% 149% 160% Total Cost Coverage 92% 95% 93% Surplus/ (Deficit) -9,815,251 -6,443,855 -9,202,454 3.0 Conditions attached to the tariff approval The conditions attached to this approval, which shall form part of the license conditions of GATAWASCO are: (i) Service Delivery Conditions attached to the Tariff Target 2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 Water Coverage (%) 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% Water quality standards (%) 100% Compliance with Standards Personnel Expenditure as % of O&M 58% 48% 46% 46% 45% Non-Revenue Water 34% 34% 32% 31% 30% Hours of Supply (Hrs.) 20 20.5 21 21.5 22 Staff per 1000 connections 8 7 7 6 6 Metering ratio (%) 92% 100% 100% 100% 100% Collection Efficiency (%) 104% 91% 92% 93% 94% Resale at Kiosk Kshs. 3.00 per 20l Jerry Can (ii) Annual budgets: The WSP shall adhere to the budgetary levels set in the tariff. (iii) Surpluses: The surpluses realised during the tariff period shall be used to implement priority service delivery capital projects approved by WASREB. (iv) Reporting: The utility shall submit quarterly performance reports to WASREB in the prescribed format. (v) Creation of distinct water and sewer cost centres: GATAWASCO will ensure it creates separate water and sewer cost centres and maintains distinct records of operations of the two centres. (vi) Metering: GATAWASCO shall progressively enhance the metering ratio to attain 100% as per condition (3.1) above. (vii) Catchment Protection: The utility shall undertake measures to conserve/ protect the catchment areas of their water source as part of Corporate Social Responsibility. (viii) County Support: The County Government of Murang’a shall advance Ksh. 25,461,560 (Twenty-five million, four hundred sixty-one thousand, five hundred sixty) during the tariff period to GATAWASCO, which shall be used to fund part of Capital Investments as per the investment schedule below; GATAWASCO PROPOSED INVESTMENTS Asset Class Asset Activity 2025/2026 (KSh.) 2026/2027 (KSh.) 2027/2028 (KSh.) Identify Category General Operation Areas Specific Works Water System Renewal and Rehabilitation Kihumbu-ini, Gatanga, Kariara and Mugumo Ward HDPE Distribution pipes of assorted sizes (Elaborated on sheet- minor inst Dist pipes) 5,937,890 13,660,245 Wanyaga, Rwegetha and Karangi Network Air Management of Main and Transmission pipes (Air Management Report) 1,935,521 Chamber Construction New and Re- Construction of Valve chambers 300,000 300,000 300,000 Civil works Construction of new Construction of a new office in Ithanga 3,739,625 THE KENYA GAZETTE 30th May, 2025 Asset Class Asset Activity 2025/2026 (KSh.) 2026/2027 (KSh.) 2027/2028 (KSh.) Offices and Sanitation facilities Construction of sanitation at treatment works (Karangi, Rwegetha, Mabanda, Kigoro and BAT) 44,740 44,740 44,740 ICT Works Renewal of Desktops, laptops, meter reading phones, Printer, internet routers, IOT Replacement of old office desktops - HP, Toshiba, and Dell with appropriate processor speed. Processor: Intel Core i5 10th gen, Storage: 1TB HDD, Memory: 16GB RAM, DVD-RW, Wifi Monitor: 21.5″, Intel UHD Graphics, brand new, 1 Year Warranty, quality and of expected performance in relation to departmental requirements. Each desktop will cost Ksh. 100,000, and it will be purchased in the years 2025/26 and 2027/28. 500,000 500,000 Replacement of old office laptops - Replacement of old office laptops - HP, Toshiba, and Dell of appropriate processor speed. Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Mobile Processor (8-core/16-thread, 12MB Cache, 4.2 GHz max boost), 16GB DDR4- 3200 SO-DIMM x 2 RAM 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD Storage, 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Refresh Rate: 144Hz NVIDIA GeForce GTX™ 1650With ROG Boost up to 1615MHz at 50W (65W with Dynamic Boost) 6GB GDDR6, Backlit Chiclet Keyboard 4-Zone RGB, Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11, Brand New, 1 Year Warranty. This will be purchased in the financial year 2027/28. Each Laptop will cost Ksh. 150,000, therefore 7No. of laptops will be purchased over the tariff period 1,050,000 Replacement of old meter reading phones, GIS Phones, Data Collection Phones and Revenue enhancement phones - Techno - RAM: 8 GB, ROM: 128 GB, Battery: 5,000 mAh, Back camera: 16MP + 2MP, Selfie camera: 8 MP, Display: 6.6 inches, Processor: Octa-core, Colors: Black, Blue, Green, OS: Android, HIOS 8.6. Year 2025/26, 2026/27, and 2027/28. Each year 18No. Phones will be procured at each Ksh. 20,000 360,000 360,000 360,000 Purchase and Replacement of internet, Reuters, and server maintenance cost - Cisco CISCO881-SEC-K9 881 Advanced IP Services Router, featuring support for a 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet WAN interface. The routers will be purchased in the FY 2025/26. A total No. of 10 at each Ksh. 50,000 500,000 Boreholes Motors and pump renewal Kimata Borehole Submersible Water Pump and Motor- 50Hz-Submersible Pump / 4" / Mastra 4 Inch Stainless Steel Submersible Pump - 4SP Series 14 M³/h Rated Flow - Fishing and installation 600,000 Greystone Submersible Water Pump and Motor- 50Hz-Submersible Pump / 4" / Mastra 4 Inch Stainless Steel Submersible Pump - 4SP Series 12 M³/h Rated Flow - Fishing and installation. 600,000 Nyaga Submersible Water Pump and Motor- 80Hz-Submersible Pump / 4" / Mastra 4 Inch Stainless Steel Submersible Pump - 4SP Series 24 M³/h Rated Flow - Fishing and installation. 700,000 Kiunyu Submersible Water Pump and Motor- 80Hz-Submersible Pump / 4" / Mastra 4 Inch Stainless Steel Submersible 700,000 30th May, 2025 THE KENYA GAZETTE Asset Class Asset Activity 2025/2026 (KSh.) 2026/2027 (KSh.) 2027/2028 (KSh.) Pump - 4SP Series 24 M³/h Rated Flow - Fishing and installation. Motor cycles Procurement of the Motorcycles for the Schemes to ease movement and improve efficiency Kigoro Scheme Replacement of 6 No. old motor bikes in FY 2027/28 - Haojue or Boxer or TVS or Honda, 150cc - Red, blue, or black. Each Motorbike Ksh. 200,000 1,200,000 Mabanda Scheme 6 No. Replace old motor bikes in FY 2026/27 - Haojue or Boxer or TVS or Honda, 150cc - Red, blue or black. Each Motorbike Ksh. 200,000 1,200,000 Ithanga Scheme 6 No. new motor bikes purchase in FY 2026/27 - Haojue or Boxer or TVS or Honda, 150cc - Red, blue or black. Each Motorbike Ksh. 200,000 1,200,000 Greystone Scheme 4 No new motor bikes purchase in FY 2026/27 - Haojue or Boxer or TVS or Honda, 150cc - Red, blue or black. Each Motorbike Ksh. 200,001 800,000 Furniture renewal Procurement of Chairs and Tables Chair - Cheap recaro 150kg specification used executive screw lift rotating armrest headrest reclining leather desk chair for office, Chair should have a full 360orevolving mechanism with 17 deg. maximum tilt only and tilt tension adjustment facility, Maximum and minimum height is approx. is 930mm and 830 mm respectively, composition, Surface –100% Polyamide, Substrate -65 % (polyester) 35% (cotton) Fabric shall be user-friendly for maintaining cleanliness by simple vacuuming or Equivalent. Financial Year 2026/27 the 16No. of chairs will be bought at each Ksh.. 30,000 480,000 Table - arced, Length (180 cm or 70 ¾”); Width (90 cm or 35 3/8”) High quality solid wood, Leather writing pad on desk top, Desk grommets for electronics, One desk drawer. Traditional style or equivalent. Financial Year 2027/28, the 30 No. of Tables will be bought at each Ksh. 60,00 1,800,000 NRW Management 6,081,500 7,967,800 5,756,675 Structural Construction works/Water kiosks - Gatunyu and Kirwara 466,830 466,830 Sanitation improvements (PSF) 4,517,538 Purchase of 2No. Hydraulic Butt Fusion Machine - CNC 250 – 315 Automatic Welding Machine for HDPE Pipeline, automatic, Integrated mechanical extraction of the heating plate 1,166,667 1,166,667 Water Quality Apparatus 3,049,489 Treatment Works and intake integrity checks 200,000 200,000 200,000 Fencing of Ithanga Treatment Facility TOTAL 10,586,240 23,863,552 36,007,704 The water and sanitation tariffs outlined in this Corrigendum shall come into force with immediate effect. Dated the 29th May, 2025. RICHARD CHERUIYOT, Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Water Services Regulatory Board.