KEWI set to build new campus in Uasin Gishu
The Kenya Water Institute (KEWI) is advancing plans to establish a new campus at the current Brockley Primary School site in Ainabkoi Constituency, Uasin Gishu County. This is as part of the company’s broader quest to expand its campuses across Kenya.
The journey has begun with extensive community and stakeholder engagement involving 192 participants, followed by a formal proposal from Ainabkoi MP Samuel Chepkong’a, and a site familiarisation visit led by KEWI Governing Council Chairperson Patrick Musili Mbangula and CEO Dr. Leiro Letangule.
The Governing Council and Management has affirmed the proposal’s feasibility and alignment with KEWI’s mandate and long-term expansion plans. MP Chepkong’a is pledging to lead support for the initiative by mobilising resources to renovate the existing facilities, develop a modern administration block with ICT and water laboratories, and facilitate sponsorship for students who will form the inaugural cohort.
The proposed campus will provide training in water supply and management, plumbing, borehole drilling, irrigation, water infrastructure development and related fields—strengthening KEWI’s commitment to building a skilled workforce for Kenya’s water sector, region by region.
KEWI currently has four campuses. Historically, Nairobi was the main campus; Chiakariga in Tharaka Nithi was opened in 2009, while Kitui and Kisumu were subsequently opened in 2012.
KEWI has the mandate of strengthening human-resource capacity and professional standards in Kenya’s water, sanitation and irrigation sectors. Its core responsibilities include providing competency-based training and education, administering examinations and certification, conducting research and innovation, and offering consultancy and technical services to public institutions, private-sector organisations and other stakeholders.
It is also mandated to provide a forum for collaboration between the public and private sectors and other interested parties to support the development of the water and sanitation sectors. Through these functions, the Institute contributes to developing the skilled workforce, knowledge and technical solutions required to improve water, sanitation and irrigation services in Kenya.
The Institute’s current mandate also encompasses research, innovation, outreach and advisory services, with an emphasis on responding to emerging challenges and technologies in the sector. KEWI therefore serves not only as a training institution but also as a technical centre supporting capacity development, research and practical solutions for the wider water, sanitation and irrigation sector.
