KISUMU:THE MILLENNIUM CITY

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KISUMUTHE MILLENNIUM CITY

• Presented by
• Cllr. John Ongele (Cllr. Municipal Council of
  Kisumu)
• John Sande (Administrative Officer)

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City Profile
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Kisumu City Profile contd

• Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya
• Headquarters of Kisumu East District, as well as
  Nyanza Province
• Developed progressively from a railway terminus
  and internal port in 1901
• Presently one of the leading commercial/trading,
  industrial, communication and administrative
  centre in the Lake Victoria basin,
• Kisumu serves as a major regional communication
  and trading hub for the Great Lakes region -
  Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

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City Profile

• Located in the western part of Kenya
• Lies along the shores of Lake Victoria (one of
  the largest fresh water lakes in the world)
• Covers an area of approximately 417 Km², of which
  297 Km² is dry land and approximately 120 Km²
  under water
• Kisumu has a population of about 500,000 people,
  day population varying to over 600,000

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Economic activities

• Commerce and trade
• Agriculture
• Transportation
• Fishing/processing
• Tourism
• Agro-processing
• Light industries

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Brief History of Council

• Kisumu gained municipal status in 1960
• Kisumu is on record in Kenya as having had the
  first African woman Mayor from 1965 1968
• Municipality boundaries extended in 1972 to
  include peri-urban areas
• Kisumu was elevated to city status in 2001 during
  the 100 yrs celebration attended by the 3 East
  African Heads of states in Kisumu
• Presently there are 22 electoral wards,
  represented by elected councillors and 8
  nominated councillors representing specific
  interests
• Council comprises of two wings Civic (policy
  makers) and Executive (implementers)

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Departments of the Council

• Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Public Health, Social
  Services Housing, Housing Development,
  Education, Town Engineer, Town Planning,
  Environment , Children Youth Affairs, Internal
  Audit, HIV/AIDS, Tourism Heritage
• All of them have Standing Committees for policy
  formulation

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KISUMU THE CITY IN THE SUN
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Challenges in discharging mandate

• Council mandate is provision of services to the
  residents of the city of Kisumu
• Execution of this mandate has been a major
  challenge as the population rapid escalated and
  expectation of the residents grew
• The population outstripped the resources of the
  Council and there was increasing need for
  innovative strategies to ensure the Council
  remained true to its mandate
• There was increased challenges in sustaining the
  seemingly ungrowing revenue base to finance
  service delivery programmes
• Declining capacity of the council to respond to
  emerging challenges
• This provided to impetus for reaching out to
  other development partners stakeholders to
  assist in bridging the resource gap and enhance
  councils capacity

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Manifestation of the challenges

• Mushrooming of slums
• Solid waste management problems
• Lack of effective development control
• Congestion within the city
• Declining urban aesthetics
• Dilapidated infrastructure
• Mushrooming of informal traders within the CBD
• The city generally required urgent interventions
  to reawaken it

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CDS The turning point for Kisumu

• Intervention by the UN Habitat under the Urban
  Management Programme (UMP) in 2002
• Introduced a partnership between UN-Habitat and
  Local Authorities within the Lake Victoria Basin
  to promote sustainable development in the LVB
• Introduced the Lake Victoria Region City
  Development Strategies whose aim was to mobilize
  local governments and stakeholders to develop a
  programme for laying out strategies for improved
  urban environment and poverty reduction.
• Employed a series of participatory activities and
  consultations,
• Yielded the City Development Strategies (CDS)
• Pioneer implementers -Kisumu, Kampala and Musoma
  (Phase I)
• Strategic Action Plans (SAPS) and Strategic
  Investment Plans (SIPS) were prepared addressing
  identified priority urban issues.
• The issues include sanitation and drainage, waste
  management, income generation systems, shelter
  and infrastructure, revenue collection, HIV/AIDS
  pandemic, and promotion of inclusive processes
  and structures of local governance.

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Key challenge?

• A key challenge of the CDS was financing of
  investment plans produced in the process.

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Action Plans being implemented in
Kisumuattributed to the CDS

• 1. Initiatives towards combating urban poverty
• Kisumu Slum Upgrading Project
• Rehabilitation and construction of markets
• Street Traders Relocation Programme
• 2. Water and Sanitation Initiatives
• The newly formed Kisumu Water and Sewerage
  Company (KIWASCO) is undertaking rehabilitation
  of water sewerage infrastructure (detailed
  presentation on intervention later)
• 3. Solid Waste Management
• Litter bin installation programme in the CBD
• Sensitization of the residents on environmental
  conservation
• Kisumu Integrated solid waste management KISWAMP)
  Project supported by SIDA through UN Habitat.

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• 4. Urban Transport.
• The council is implementing integrated urban
  transport system, makes provision for the
  non-motorised transport Boda Boda The council
  has reviewed its By-Laws to regulated and control
  the boda boda, (which has become a major
  industry). (more on this toipic)
• 5. City Planning Initiatives
• Use of Geographic Information System (GIS) to
  make urban planning more effective and efficient
• 6. Improving Governance Initiatives
• Kisumu Action Team (KAT) was formed to assist the
  council in projects implementation. The council
  further facilitates formation of neighbourhood
  associations for effective and constructive
  involvement of the grassroots in planning, ME
  and information sharing
• 7. Health Improvement
• The council has established Health Management
  Committees with membership also drawn from the
  stakeholders to assist in the management of the
  council health facilities and embarked on
  rehabilitation of the physical facilities therein

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Jomo Kenyatta Grounds Product of the CDS
Process land mark in Kisumu City
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The Millennium City

• Kisumu was designated the first United Nations
  Millennium City by the special advisor to the UN
  Secretary General, Jeffrey Sachs on 11th January
  2006.
• The meeting addressed by Professor Sachs
  coincided with a conference of experts organized
  by UN-HABITAT to discuss ways of financing action
  plans identified by local communities in the CDS
• The pronouncement was supported by UN Habitat and
  other development partners who had been
  participating in several initiatives under the
  Cities Development Strategy (CDS)
• This pronouncement bestowed great honour on
  Kisumu and with it, the challenge on Kisumu to
  focus on meeting the Millennium Development Goals
  (MDGs).

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Why Kisumu?

• Kisumu was undergoing very rapid urbanization
• The city was experiencing myriad of development
  challenges, e.g. rapid population growth, rising
  poverty levels, HIV/AIDS Pandemic, dilapidated
  infrastructure, high unemployment, mushrooming of
  slums, poor inefficient services among others
• The proximity of the city to the a Millennium
  Villages project at Bar Sauri, in Siaya District
  supported by the Millennium Initiative
• Need to upscale the best practices of the MVP at
  city level
• Need to focus the many on-going initiatives on
  the MDGs

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What Millennium City Status entailed

• Mobilizing resources for investments to achieve
  the MDGs
• There has been increased deliberate initiatives
  by the Council to mobilize participation both
  from local citizens and development partners
• Developed a 5-yr strategic Plan (2007 2012)
  putting into focus the MDGs
• MCI was established to provide technical support
  to the Municipal council with respect to
  achievement of the MDGs
• It is a project of the earth Institute of
  Columbia University headed by Prof. Sacchs

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Pictorals -
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The Millennium Cities Initiative

• Anchored at the Earth institute of Columbia
  University in partnership with Municipal Council
  of Kisumu
• It is a sister project to the Millennium Villages
  project
• Support 11 mid-sized sub Saharan cities to be
  viable MDG units
• Its main objective is to advise on localization
  of the MDGs
• Took sometime to take off Earth Institute posted
  a staff from the US coordinated initial
  activities at inception
• MCK has seconded an officer to serve in the MCI
  secretariat in Kisumu
• 2 experts social sector and public health
  specialists

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The MCI approach

• Two pronged approach
• Investment related work in partnership with Kenya
  Investment Authority, KPMG and UNIDO
• Create opportunities for income generation
• Social sector work
• To address the infrastructural management
  constraints

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Attracting investment into Kisumu

• With the help of MCI Council has made significant
  steps with respect to packaging the city for
  investment
• Launched a Kisumu Kenya Investment Authority
  Office
• Studies/publications on the investment climate in
  Kisumu
• Kisumu Investment guide
• Investment opportunities in Kisumu
• Investment hand book
• Capacity building on investment
• Investment linkages
• FDI conferences (Nairobi, Kisumu, London)
• DDI conference (Kisumu)

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Social sector

• Needs assessment along the MDGs
• Education is complete
• Assessment on Health, Water and sanitation and
  Environment are on-going to establish status and
  monitor progress
• These will help in review of the city development
  strategy in line with the MDGs
• Through MCI there has been establishment of other
  global partnership health especially has
  benefitted immensely

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Total MCI support to Health sector in Kisumu in
Partnership with Americares
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UK Diaspora program

• Partnership with Africa Community Development
  Forum Africans in the diaspora sponsored by
  DFID to volunteer their expertise to support
  Kisumu in various areas planning, health,
  management, engineering.

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Dutch support to Kisumu

• Hosting the Urban Matters facilitated by CORDAID
  supported with SANA and CSONetwork
• Partnership between Dutch organizations and
  Kisumu based Organisations aim is to link
  partners with resources who would be interested
  in investing in social infrastructure in Kisumu
• Exchange visit in October 2009 to Holland to
  share experiences with other cities in the
  programme

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MCK Capacity Building

• Capacity building of the Municipal Council of
  Kisumu and community groups
• Partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign
  affairs (MASHAV)
• Capacity building for MCK officials in Israel
• Initiating a Municipal Strategic Planning Unit
• Initiating a disaster preparedness and management
  (training)
• Developing a modern emergency response unit room
  at the Kisumu District Hospital

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Community level

• Strengthening ownership capacity of the local
  community and council on the MDGs trainings
  have been done at the grassroots level to
  sensitize local communities on MDGs and their
  relevance at their level
• Manyatta Community health worker programme
• Income generation and enterprenueral skills
  programme for the youth (linking them to
  institutions for capacity building and access to
  credit for business)
• Linking the community with

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Other on-going initiatives in Kisumu

• KUP (AFD) complete urban transformation project
  targeting 5 components
• Capacity building on planning and financial
  management
• Solid waste management
• Commercial infrastructure, including key roads
• Rehabilitation of public facilities
• Cross-cutting issues HIV/AIDS and other social
  aspects
• Improvement of poor urban schools (KFW)
• Expansion of the Kisumu Airport to International
  standrdards
• Rehabilitation and expansion of water sewerage
  infrastructure
• Rehabilitation of markets
• Integrated sanitation project
• KISWAMP
• HIV/AIDS (DED)

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Twinning Programme - Kisumu

• Goal number 8 of the MDGs - developing global
  partnerships
• Has been a very effective tool for Kisumu for
  Benchmarking
• Dates back to the 90s , when Kisumu had active
  cooperation with the city of Cheltenham
• Partnership has grown and was given impetus by
  the current council who have been very proactive
• New partners include
• Nacka (Sweden)
• Hyvinkaa (Finland)
• Boulder Roanoke (US)
• Porsgrunn (Norway) Newest partnership

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Importance of Twinning

• Sharing best practices
• Encourage structured engagement between our
  partner cities both at institutional and
  individual levels making useful development
  contacts
• linking the residents and the various interest
  groups with our partners in the North (Jan
  Christiansen of the Jans Academy in Kisumu is a
  clear example introduced Porsgrunn to the
  Council I 2008)
• Develop rich cultural diversity and open up the
  city as a cosmopolitan urban space for
  interaction
• Strategy for mobilizing resources for
  implementation of projects

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Conclusion

• Kisumu has come along way and has a great
  potential of developing into an international
  city
• The growth and development envisioned for the
  city will no doubt make it an investment
  destination of choice, both regionally and
  internationally
• This will only become possible if we embrace
  partnerships and cooperation, which the twinning
  programme presents an invaluable opportunity