Our Institution

Our Profile

We are a State Corporation under the Ministry of Water Sanitation and Irrigation established by the Kenya Water Institute Act No. 11 of 2001 to promote standards of service in the water sector through human resource development, research, consultancy and outreach services.

We operate within the Environmental Protection, Water, and Natural Resources Sector, aiming to achieve "a clean, secure, and sustainable environment" by 2030.

Our mandate includes ensuring an adequate workforce for the sector's institutions necessitating innovative technologies, skilled manpower. It’s further mandated to promote standards, professionalism, and capacity development in the water sector through Training, Examinations, Certification, Research, Consultancy, Innovation, and Stakeholder Collaboration.

As a Technical Centre of Excellence in Training, Research, Innovation, and Consultancy in the Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation Sector, we focus on ensuring Access to training, Quality and relevance of training, Research and innovation, Sustainability, Customer experience, and Institutional strengthening. We continue to play a strategic role in strengthening Kenya’s human resource capacity in water, sanitation, irrigation, environmental management, and related technical fields.

 

Vision

  • A Technical Centre of Excellence in Training, Research, Innovation and Consultancy in the Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Sector

Mission

  • To offer Competency-Based Training, Research, Innovation, Consultancy and Outreach Services in the Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Sector for sustainable development

Strategic Objectives:

  • To improve access, quality and relevance of training programmes;
  • To upgrade the research function of the Institute;
  • To strengthen consultancy and advisory services;
  • To meet and exceed customer expectations;
  • To strengthen internal corporate governance systems;
  • To enhance institutional capacity

Core Values

  • Good Corporate Governance: We are committed to acting with honesty, fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in our operations at all times;
  • Professionalism: We shall maintain high standards in the discharge of responsibilities and delivery of services by abiding to professional considerations on the methods, standards and procedures in our work;
  • Customer focus: We are committed to always placing the customer at the core of the Institute’s business and ensuring high quality of service at all times;
  • Innovativeness: We are committed to fostering a climate which encourages innovation and continuous learning;
  • Inclusivity: We are committed to the principle of teamwork and collaboration with our stakeholders. We shall encourage inclusiveness, respect for diversity of ideas, peoples and cultures;
  • Patriotism: We shall demonstrate a sense of devotion and personal identification with the Institute;
  • Sustainable development: We are committed to supporting the realization of water and food security for sustainable development

 

 

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