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KIBUON AND TENDE INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (ILWMKTP)

By Pamela Ndeda

14TH AWF GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

28-29TH NOVEMBER, 2014, TUNIS

1. Basic Information on the Project

2. Project Description

3. Achievements on the Outputs

4. Conclusion and way forward

Outline of the Presentation

• Project Title: Integrated Land and Watershed Management in the Kibuon and Tende Catchments

• Borrower: National Treasury on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

• Executing Agency: Kimira Oluch Smallholder Farm Improvement Project ( KOSFIP)

• Project Location: Kisii; Nyamira and Homa Bay Counties in Nyanza region of Western Kenya

BASIC INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT

PROJECT COST

• Initial Project Cost (Estimated) = Euro 2.04 Million

• Co Financed by AWF and Government of Kenya (GoK) as follows:

• AWF GRANT = Euro 1.94 Million

• GoK Contribution = Euro 10,000.00

• Actual Cost to Date = Euro 2.23 Million (Government of Kenya has contributed Euro 31,900.00 to date besides administrative costs and staff support)

• Project Approval date : 6th February 2009

• Date of Grant Effectiveness: 15th July 2010

• Project Completion Date : 31st December 2014

PROJECT TIMELINES

Sub-divided into 6 sub-catchments

namely:

a) Kibuon basin:

• Awach Kibuon

• Awach Kabondo

• Awach Kasipul

•Kibuon river is 52 km long

•Catchment area is 760 km2

b) Tende basin

• Awach Tende

• Maugo

• Mogusi /Isanta

•Tende river is 49 km long

•Catchment area is 780 km2

MAP OF KIBUON AND TENDE RIVER CATCHMENTS

• In the short run:

• Farming Communities in the upper and middle sub-catchments of the Kibuon and Tende River basins located in the districts of Kisii, Nyamira, Rachuonyo and Homa Bay

• In the long run:

• Communities in the lower sub catchments benefitting from interventions in the upstream areas:

• Fishing community in the Winam Gulf of the Lake Victoria

• Over 3000 smallholder irrigation farmers of the Kimira and Oluch Schemes whose construction has been financed by the African Development Bank

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PROJECT BENEFICIARIES

Key Implementing Agencies are:

• Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA), Lake Victoria South Catchment Area

• Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) formerly Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI),Kisii Centre

• Extension workers from the relevant line ministries at the Sub Counties for technical backstopping

• Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Water Resources Users Associations (WRUAs)

IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES

a) Project Goal

To improve the livelihoods of populations using the land andwater resources within the Kibuon and Tende river catchment

b) Project Purpose

To improve land and water management in the Kibuon andTende catchments through increased community participationand to initiate recovery of the water quality and quantitythrough promotion of sustainable agricultural and land usepractices in the catchments, leading to reduction in nutrientand sediment transport into the water courses

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

c) Mode Of Activity Implementation

• 6 pilot blocks of 25 km2 , one in each sub-catchment, are delineated and demarcated for demonstration of IWM technologies

• 6 Blocks sub-divided into 83 focal areas where technologies on Integrated Watershed Management are demonstrated to provide real-time learning by communities and households expected to implement the same on their land

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Demarcated blocks with miscellaneous RGS

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Staff gauges installed (miscellaneous RGSs ) at the inlets and outlets of each block to measure effects of interventions on IRM

PROJECT OUTPUTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Installation of equipments for measuring river and stream

flows

Strengthening of Capacity for Resource Quality and Quantity Monitoring of the catchments by WRMA and Water Resource Users Associations

• 13 miscellaneous RGS installed at the inlets and outlets of the six blocks to capture the impacts of interventions on water quality and quantity.

• Readings taken twice daily

• 6 Automatic water level recorders installed where logging occurs on hourly intervals.

• 2 RGS rehabilitated and functional

Strengthening of Capacity for Resource Quality and Quantity Monitoring of the catchments by WRMA and Water Resource Users Associations cont...

Automatic Weather Station installed in the upper catchment of river Kibuon

2 No. Met- stations rehabilitated and up graded to sub-met stations (one in each catchment)

6 Ground water monitoring stations established in both Tende and Kibuon river systems (3 in each catchment)

• 7 Water Resource Users Associations (WRUA) formed (one in each sub catchment) to spearhead catchment conservation and management

• 7 Sub- Catchment Management Plans prepared for each WRUA

• Training of stakeholders on Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

Strengthening of Capacity for Resource Quality and Quantity Monitoring of the catchments by WRMA and Water Resource Users Associations cont...

2. Community Awareness of issues, knowledge of available technologies for sound management of the watershed

o6,247 farmers trained (against a target of 7,000 farmers)on 24 technologies on integrated watershed management

3. Community Participatory Action Plans prepared with assistance from CBOs

o91 CBOs formed and 91 Community Action plans prepared

Outputs Cont…

4. Off-farm Conservation Infrastructures provided consisting of physical and biological conservation structures

• 43 off-farm activities prioritized in the SCMPs implemented consisting of protection of springs and wetlands; rehabilitation of boreholes and pans; and establishment of trees nurseries in 6 sites for planting in the hotspots (hilltops and river banks)

Outputs Cont…

Outputs Cont…

5. Community Sub-projects funded on on–farmconservation measures as a means to diversifylivelihoods away for destructive environmental practices

184 community sub-projects undertaken toincrease participation of communities inconservation activities using IRM technologies (e.g.grass strips, conservation tillage, cut drains,terraces, water friendly trees)

• 7 Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs) and 22 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) funded to implement 46 off–farm sub-projects

• 2,563 eucalyptus trees have been removed to give way for spring protection and fish farming

• Target is removal of 2M trees on Kibuon and Tende river banks

a) Removal of Eucalyptus trees on Mogusi river bank

by Bonwac CBO

Off-farm Conservation Infrastructures provided consisting of physical and biological conservation structures

• Protection of 80 m on both banks of Rianeti tributary on river Mogusi is currently on going

• 10 sets of gabions constructed across Rongo gulley in Kibuon catchment. After the construction of the gabions, the healing process began

• Rehabilitation of two other gulleys(Aballa and Kideswa) in process

60 m of Ogera river bank protected with gabions by

Kasipul WRUA

Off-farm Infrastructure Development Protection of River Banks

Protection and Rehabilitation of Water Sources by CBOs and WRUAs

Nyakal spring protected

by Awach Kasipul WRUA

-19 springs protected ( 10 , 6 and 3 springs in Upper, Middle and Lower sub catchments respectively) by 7 WRUAs and 3 CBOs . On average, each spring serves a minimum of 1,000 households during dry seasons

- 2 Boreholes functional (1 drilled and 1 rehabilitated)

- 4 Dams rehabilitated

-7 Wetlands protected

• 46 tree nurseries established by CBOs and WRUAs

• 991,764 water friendly tree seedlings raised, 789,450 planted

• 28,950 fruit trees planted

• 885 energy saving, high efficiency cooking jikos (410 fireless basket jiko, 60 rocket stoves, 365 Upesi jiko)

KASO CBO tree

nursery

On-Farm Conservation measures demonstrated in community projects for wide adoption

• 91 CBOs funded • 60 acres of Napier and Rhodes grass

planted• 47.5 km of soil conservation structures

(terraces, retention ditches) and cut off drains)

• 14 CBOs involved in bee keeping with 595 langstroth hives currently colonized

• 19 CBOs with 70 fish ponds fully stocked

On-Farm Conservation measures demonstrated in communities projects

Most of the streams experienceerratic flows with sharp peakslasting short duration.

Kiomoncha and Etora streamshave steady flow due to thewetlands in the area

Water Resource Status as At June 2014Streamflow Variability in Tende Catchment

• More water during the March to May periodthan during the October-December shortrainy season

• Increase in flow across the catchment in June2014 compared to May 2014

• Kiogo River, the largest of the focal areastations has high discharge i.e. more than 5m3/s in MAM and about 2 m3/s in OND. Theother streams have significantly low floweven during the rainy seasons (the flows havea bearing on the sediment loads)

Comparison of Monthly and Seasonal Discharge from Selected Miscellaneous Stations

• Comparison of the average concentration of TSS and TP within the focal areas during the periods of April-June 2013 and 2014 indicates a reduction in the levels over the one year

• Heavily farmed sub-catchments are exposed to erosion hence high TSS and TS levels

Comparison of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Total Phosphorus from the Miscellaneous River Gauging Stations

• Although there are number of interventions being implemented in the blocks, it is expected that it will take a long time for the impacts to be felt. A catchment model is currently being developed to project the future scenarios

• The water quality and hydrometric data currently collected at the micro-catchments as well as the regular gauging stations are crucial parameters for the model. Other parameters are land use, land cover and soil types

• Need for up-scaling of the interventions to cover the whole catchment

CONCLUSION

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