THAT, aware that Article 43 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 provides for the right of every person to access clean and safe water in adequate quantities; FURTHER AWARE THAT paragraph 11 (b) of Part Two of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution provides for County Public Works and services including water and sanitation services as a function of the County Government; COGNIZANT THAT the County has various public areas that were designed to provide free clean drinking water to residents within the County; CONCERNED THAT such designated areas stalled and are no longer in operation yet we have the word “Nairobi” which comes from the Maasai phrase ‘Enkare Nyrobi’, which translates to “cool water”; FURTHER CONCERNED THAT most hotels and restaurants do not provide free clean drinking water to their customers; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT County water and sanitation services includes county specific water and sanitation asset development, asset management and related water supply and sanitation service provision for the realization of the human right to water and reasonable sanitation standards in the County; THIS ASSEMBLY URGES the County Executive to: -

1. Rehabilitate the existing stalled public points designed to provide free and clean drinking water to the residents of Nairobi City County; and

2. Develop a policy compelling hotels and restaurants across the County to provide free and clean drinking water to clients at their premises.