05/06/2026
SENSE, SEIZE and TRANSFORM
For years, the water & sanitation sector has been very good at asking: "How much can we do?"
But climate change is forcing a harder question: "Are we actually ABLE to do it - when it floods? When drought hits? When everything goes wrong at once?"
Capacity and capability are NOT the same thing. And that distinction could mean the difference between a community with safe sanitation… and a public health crisis.
As a lead partner in the -Kenya community, we sat in the room where this conversation happened - and helped build something practical from it: the Climate Capabilities Framework for non-sewered sanitation.
Here's what keeps us up at night: non-sewered systems serve 85% of Kenya's population. Pit latrines. Septic tanks. Emptying trucks. All of them increasingly at the mercy of floods and droughts that are getting worse every year.
The framework we co-created doesn't just identify the risks. It asks utilities — including us — three uncomfortable questions:
✅ Can you SENSE a climate threat before it breaks your operations?
✅ Can you SEIZE the resources to respond in time?
✅ Can you TRANSFORM so you're never caught off-guard again?
We don't have all the answers yet. That's why this is Edition 1.
But the conversation has started - and we are helping lead it. 🇰🇪
📖 Read the full report:https://nakuruwater.co.ke/nwater-upl/2026/06/2026-Future-proofing_sanitation_services.pdf
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Wasreb Kenya
Finish Mondial Kenya
Water and Sanitation for Urban Populations
Timothy Wanjohiburtons
Mwende Osur
