Willingness to Pay for Improved Levels of Service. The willingness to pay part of the survey involved 68 households who do not have house water connections choosing between no change, upgraded kiosk system, a shared yard tap and a private house connection. The yard tap and house connection options were assumed to require upfront deposits of KES 9,000 and KES 5,000 respectively. Recurrent fees would be KES 18 per m3 and 15 m3 for yard tap and individual connection respectively. Table 6: Willingness to Pay by Income Level Income Level Proffered Option Private Connection my Household Improved Yard Tap Connection Improved System of Water Kiosks 0 - 1000 85.7% 0% 14.3% 1,001 – 5,000 60.0% 0% 40.0% 5,001 – 10,000 73.3% 10.0% 16.7% Above 10,000 85.7% 14.3% .0%
Willingness to Pay for Improved Levels of Service. The yard tap and house connection options were assumed to require upfront deposits of KES 9,000 and KES 5,000 respectively. Recurrent fees would be KES 18 per m3 and 15 m3 for yard tap and individual connection respectively. The improved kiosk system would ensure a facility within 100 metres of the house, operated by an attendant throughout the day and a cost of KES 2 per twenty litre jerrican as indicated in table 9 Table 9: Willingness to Pay by Income Level Preferred Option Income Level Private Connection for Household Improved Yard Tap Connection Improved System of Water Kiosks Not to Change my Present Connection 0-1000 20.0% 40.0% 20.0% 20.0% 1001-5000 23.8% 47.6% 28.6% .0% 5001-10000 20.0% 64.4% 13.3% 2.2% Above 10000 33.3% 49.1% 15.8% 1.8%
Willingness to Pay for Improved Levels of Service. The yard tap and house connection options were assumed to require upfront deposits of KES 9,000 and KES 5,000 respectively. Recurrent fees would be KES 18 per m3 and 15 m3 for yard tap and individual connection respectively. The improved kiosk system would ensure a facility within 100 metres of the house, operated by an attendant throughout the day and a cost of KES 2 per twenty litre jerrican as indicated in table 5 Table 5: Willingness to Pay by Income Level Preferred Option Income Level Private Connection for Household Improved Yard Tap Connection Improved System of Water Kiosks Not to Change my Present Connection 0-1000 20.0% 40.0% 20.0% 20.0% 1001- 5000 23.8% 47.6% 28.6% .0% 5001- 10000 20.0% 64.4% 13.3% 2.2% Above 10000 33.3% 49.1% 15.8% 1.8% Findings of the survey denote that about 54% of the households interviewed prefer the yard connection while 27% expressed preference for individual connections. Notably, 20% of those within an income category of KES 0 – 1,000 prefer status quo to any of the proposed improvements. Besides the connection deposit being considered too high, respondents advanced various reasons why they did not prefer private water connection and yard taps. These include the monthly payment being prohibitive, the size of the house being too small to accommodate the reticulation infrastructure and problem of sharing bills especially among the yard tap users. Across the various income categories and among those stating high deposit as a prohibitive factor to ownership of an individual connection, the survey sought to document how much deposit residents would be willing to pay. The table 6 below outlines the findings: Table 6: Affordable Deposit for House Connection and Yard Tap by Income Category Income Level Affordable Deposit for Individual Connection Affordable Deposit for Yard Connection 1,001-5,000 1961.00 1625.00 5,001-10,000 1910.53 2833.00 Above 10,000 2250.00 3666.00
