Determinants of water and sanitation services in Kilifi county, Kenya

Abstract

The study investigated the factors influencing water and sanitation services provision in Kilifi County, Kenya. The purpose of this study was to carefully investigate the underlying factors that influence water and sanitation services provision in Kilifi County. The objectives of the study included: To examine the influence of infrastructure in the provision of water and sanitation services in Kilifi County, To find out the extent to which financial resources influence the provision of water and sanitation services in Kilifi County, To examine the extent to which poor urban planning and development strategies influence the provision of water and sanitation services in Kilifi County, and, To establish the extent to which low rate of returns on investments influence the provision of water and sanitation services in Kilifi County, Kenya.. The research design used was descriptive analysis. There were different sampling techniques used for the study due to the nature of the population studied and they include; cluster, random and purposive sampling. The study targeted all the resident of Kilifi County but five divisions were chosen by use of cluster sampling technique. To achieve the objectives, the study used primary data in the form of questionnaires, and secondary data from literature, articles, books and internet sources. The data was primarily quantitative and therefore descriptive analysis was used.