A capacity building programme for Rwanda, as part of the second phase of Lake Victoria Water Initiative, was officially launched at a Stakeholders Workshop in Kigali on August 11th, 2011.

The capacity building program, to be implemented by UN-HABITAT will provide technical assistance and training to the East African Community and the five East African Countries to ensure the effective implementation and long term sustainability of the second phase of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation, which is being funded by the African Development Bank.

More than 2,500 participants have registered to take part in the 21st edition of the World Water Week that kicked off on Monday in Sweden.

Right from the start, the message that came out from the event taking place at the Stockholm International Water Institute is that the relationship between water and cities has never been stronger. 

Eleven towns in the Lake Victoria Basin are now able to provide improved urban management and basic services following the recent completion of an integrated programme of training and capacity building which targeted municipal councils, service providers, NGOs, Multi-Stakeholder Forums and Community-Based Organizations.

The Vice-President and the Minister for Home Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Kalonzo Musyoka; the Commissioner of Prisons, Isaiah S.M. Osugo; Robert Goodwin, Chief of UN-HABITAT Lake Victoria Programme; and S.M.F. Karioki, Chairman of Global Victims Support Programme, have inaugurated a new water and sanitation facility for the staff and inmates of Kisii Prison.

The  second phase of the Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Programme  was officially inaugurated early this month at  a launch workshop held in Nairobi from 3 to 6 May, 2011.