GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12824

in accordance with the requirements of section 139 of the Water Act, 2016. After considering the application, the written and oral submissions by all stakeholders during the consultation period, and based on the latest available data, WASREB has determined an upward tariff review for GATWASCO is justified to improve service delivery, operate sustainably and protect consumer interests by meeting the tariff conditions attached to the tariff. WASREB gives a one (1) months’ notice to all existing and potential customers of GATWASCO that the approved tariffs for the five financial years 2024/2025, 2025/2026, 2026/2027,2027/2028, and 2028/2029 shall be as follows: 4 Approved Tariff Structure for the period 2024/2025 to 2028/2029 1.1 Water Tariff Consumer Categories Consumption Block Approved Tariff (M3) (KSh./M3) Domestic/Residential 1-6 107 7-20. 115 21-50 120 51-100 130 101-300 140 >300 150 Multi-Dwelling Units Flat Rate 120 Commercial/Industrial/Government/Institutions 1-50 115 51-100 120 101-300 130 >300 140 Public Schools 1-600 110 601-1200 120 >1200m3 130 Unique Consumer Categories Water Kiosk - Per M3 70 Bulk Water Supply -Per M3 78 Customers with non-functional meters shall be billed based on the average of the last three months’ bill. 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, 2025. 1.4 Miscellaneous Charges Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Water Deposit Category of consumer Domestic 2,500 Retail shops less than 10m3 3,000 Retail shops more than 10m3 3,500 Bar and restaurants less than 15 m3 4,000 Bar and 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 15,000 4th October, 2024 THE KENYA GAZETTE Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Hotel class “C” and ‘D’ less than 150 m3 18,000 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 less than 150 m3 12,000 Schools and other institutions more than 200 m3 20,000 Schools and other institutions 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 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 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 and 16000 litres 2,500 and 5,000 respectively per tanker within the WSP area for all consumers Sale of water Per M3 at bowsing point (own tanker) 115 Replacement of stolen or damaged meters 100% of the market cost of the meter Meter testing on request 500 Special meter reading under customer’s 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 Printing of customer’s statement under own request 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,– Domestic (Fraud) 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 Illegal sewer connection- Domestic, Government, Schools, Universities and 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 1.0 Cost Summary Below is the summary of the recommended cost structure that makes up the total costs to be incurred by GATWASCO during the tariff period: Expenditure Item 2022/2023 (KSh.) 2023/2024 (KSh.) 2024/2025 (KSh.) 2025/2026 (KSh.) 2026/2027 (KSh.) 2027/2028 (KSh.) 2028/2029 (KSh.) Operations 122,832,212 201,831,411 198,338,684 208,051,341 220,883,577 239,458,368 257,056,157 Maintenance 11,284,232 64,843,867 66,128,253 67,541,079 69,095,187 70,804,705 72,685,176 Regulatory Levy 12,310,406 6,520,960 14,940,299 15,669,237 16,863,818 21,999,140 27,258,455 Total O&M Costs 146,426,850 273,196,237 279,407,237 291,261,657 306,842,582 332,262,213 356,999,789 Investment Costs - - 95,701,873 56,921,603 65,510,777 205,083,075 226,539,491 Debt Repayment - - - - - - - Total Costs 146,426,850 273,196,237 375,109,111 348,183,260 372,353,359 537,345,288 583,539,279 Total Billing (KShs) 141,703,797 163,021,872 373,507,485 391,730,915 421,595,440 549,978,489 681,461,386 Collection Efficiency (%) 89% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% Projected Revenue 126,171,986 154,870,779 354,832,111 372,144,370 400,515,668 522,479,564 647,388,316 Total Cost Coverage 97% 60% 100% 113% 113% 102% 117% 3.0 Conditions attached to the tariff approval The conditions attached to this approval which shall form part of the license conditions of GATWASCO are: THE KENYA GAZETTE 4th October, 2024 i. Service Delivery Conditions attached to the Tariff Service Delivery Conditions Target 2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 Water Coverage (%) 68% 69% 70% 71% 72% 73% 74% Water quality standards (%) 100% Compliance with Standards Personnel Expenditure as % of O&M 64% 41% 41% 41% 41% 41% 41% Maintenance Expenditure as % of O&M 8% 24% 24% 23% 23% 21% 20% Investment Expenditure as a % of Total Expenditure 9% 1% 25% 16% 17% 38% 39% Non-Revenue Water 54% 54% 38% 35% 30% 29% 28% Hours of Supply (Hrs.) 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 Staff per 1000 connections 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 Metering ratio (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Resale at Kiosk KSh. 5.00 per 20l Jerry Can (i) Annual budgets: The WSP shall adhere to the budgetary levels set in the tariff. (ii) Surpluses: The surpluses realised during the tariff period shall be used to implement priority service delivery capital projects approved by WASREB. (iii) Reporting: The utility shall submit quarterly performance reports to WASREB in the prescribed format. (iv) Creation of distinct water and sewer cost centres: GATWASCO will ensure it creates separate water and sewer cost centres within the first year of this tariff period. A distinct record of operations of the two centres should be maintained. (v) Investments: The utility shall undertake the investments in Table 1: Table 1: Investments INVESTMENTS SUMMARY-GATUNDU WATER & SANITATION COMPANY LTD Classification Item Rate Quantity Unit Price (KSh.) 2024/2025 (KSh.) 2025/2026 (KSh.) 2026/2027 (KSh.) 2027/2028 (KSh.) 2028/2029 (KSh.) Metering Purchase of Consumer Water Meters and Fittings in the following areas -New Connections. DN15 Water Meters 1. Kamwangi Ward 2. Mang'u Ward 3. Ndarugu Ward 4. Ng'enda Ward 5. Kiganjo Ward 6. Komothai Ward 7. Githobokoni Ward No. 6,338 10,800 12,043,037 2,778,710 5,516,449 23,738,949 24,376,573 Bulk Production Meters in the following Water production sources Class C, cast iron casing and flang a. FY 2024/2025 1. Gacarage- 280mm - 5 no. 2. Mariguiti - 110mm - 2 no. 3. Theta-200mm - 3 no. 4. Gaititi-110mm - 3 no. b. FY 2025/2026 5. Kirangi -110mm- 2 no. 6. Ndarugu ,200mm- 4 no. 7. Nyamangara- 110mm - 2 no. 8. Gakoe - 4 no. C. FY 2026/2027 9. Karuri-160mm - 3 no. 10. Kairi-200mm- 3 no. No. 38 100,000 1,300,000 1,200,000 600,000 300,000 400,000 4th October, 2024 THE KENYA GAZETTE D. FY 2027/2028 11. Ruabora- 200mm-3no. E. FY 2028/2029 12. Ngenda- 200mm-2no. 13. Handege- 225mm-2no. Smart Ultra - Sonic Flow meters No. 13 100,000 500,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 Meter replacements- R200 Volumetric flow meters No. 25,225 5,000 23,444,654 13,436,893 16,394,327 36,079,126 36,767,918 Sub - Total 37,287,691 17,615,603 22,710,777 60,318,075 61,744,491 1. Equipments & Computers Laptops- Core i7, 11th gen,8GB RAM, 256GB SSD /core i7, 8GB, 1TB W11 Pro laptop No. 11 150,000 600,000 600,000 450,000 - - Desktop Computer - Prodesk core i7- 10500, 16GB, 512SSD DOS SFF with 22" monitor / core i5, 8GB, 1TB HDD + 256GB SSD No. 18 100,000 600,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 Motorbikes- 150cc - High rider, rough terrain No. 10 200,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 - - Smartphones - Android 11, 6.5'', 4GB, 64GB, Rugged No. 52 30,000 360,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 Desktop Phones & Accessories - IP PBX, IP phones, PBX Software No. 4 25,000 100,000 - - - - Smart TV -65'' Smart TV No. 2 100,000 100,000 100,000 - - - Furniture set - Desks No. 20 50,000 500,000 500,000 - - - Furniture set – Chairs Locally made office furniture 17 30,000 210,000 300,000 - - - Steel file Cabinets - Six drawers with a central lock system No. 10 200,000 2,000,000 - - - - Survey equipment - Total station portable Total station and associated accessories No. 2 500,000 1,000,000 - - - - Sub - Total - - 6,470,000.0 3,100,000.0 1,050,000.0 600,000.0 600,000.0 2. NRW Management Purchase of Pressure loggers for use in monitoring pressures No. 5 20,000 100,000.0 - - - - Sub-zonal meter installation Procurement of Volumetric flow meters ranging from DN160-DN63 No. 140 100,000 2,500,000.0 2,500,000.0 2,500,000.0 3,000,000.0 3,500,000.0 Procurement of Correlators for leak detection done in every DMA No. 2 500,000 1,000,000.0 - - - - Construction of a meter testing laboratory No. - - 1,594,182.0 - - - - Sub Total - - 5,194,182.0 2,500,000.0 2,500,000.0 3,000,000.0 3,500,000.0 3. Network Construction of Lumpsum - - 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 THE KENYA GAZETTE 4th October, 2024 Rehabilitation and Expansion coffer dams upstream of sources All rivers: Karimenu, Thiririka, Ruabora, Ndarugu River Lay a 100km pipeline of assorted sizes to serve pro- poor areas as follows; 1. Kamwangi Ward- 20km Hdpe pipes(PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 2. Mang'u Ward- 10km Hdpe pipes (PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 3. Ndarugu Ward- 10km Hdpe pipes (PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 4. Ng'enda Ward- 30km Hdpe pipes (PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 5. Kiganjo Ward- 10km Hdpe pipes (PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 6. Komothai Ward-10km Hdpe pipes (PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 7. Githobokoni Ward- 10km Hdpe pipes (PN10) of assorted sizes ranging from DN25-DN50 Lumpsum N/A N/A 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 Replacement of dilapidated pipeline networks of assorted sizes ranging from DN50 to DN160 (187.7km HDPE and 138km Upvc pipes) Lumpsum N/A N/A 43,500,000 30,456,000 36,000,000 45,400,000 64,930,000 Construction of 12km, DN300 Upvc and 22km, DN200 Upvc Lateral sewers in estates along Kenyatta Road Lumpsum N/A N/A - - - 92,515,000 92,515,000 Sub Total 46,750,000 33,706,000 39,250,000 141,165,000 160,695,000 Total 95,701,873.30 56,921,603 65,510,776.80 205,083,074.90 226,539,490.7 Dated the 6th September, 2024. RICHARD K. CHERUIYOT, MR/6547681 Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Water Service Regulatory Board. 4th October, 2024 THE KENYA GAZETTE