1. S c a l i n g U p B l e n d e d F i n a n c i n g
o f W a t e r a n d S a n i t a t i o n
I n v e s t m e n t s i n
WORLD WATER WEEK
K E N Y A
WORLD WATER WEEK
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
AUGUST 28, 2016
K E N Y A
S c a l i n g U p B l e n d e d F i n a n c i n g
o f W a t e r a n d S a n i t a t i o n
I n v e s t m e n t s i n
3. CHALLENGES TO COMMERCIAL
LENDING FOR WATER
COST RECOVERY TARIFF
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
ASSET OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC ENTITY / GOV’T SHAREHOLDER
PRO-POOR CONCERN
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN RIGHT
HIGH INTEREST RATES
4. CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT
CONDUCIVE TO COMMERCIAL LENDING
KENYA
SECTOR REFORMS
Kenya Water Act of 2002
Autonomous Water Service Providers
Independent Sector Regulator
Ring Fencing of Revenues
Stakeholder Engagement
5. Tariff setting methodology
Public investment in infrastructure
Strengthening of utility performance
CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT
CONDUCIVE TO COMMERCIAL LENDING
7. KENYA OBA FUND
LACK OF
ACCESS TO FINANCE
GROWING POPULATION
INVESTMENT NEEDS
CHALLENGES
8. PROJECT STRUCTURE
Kenya OBA Fund
Project finance:
OBA subsidies: 60%
Commercial loans: 40%IVAreportstoMinistryofFinance
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LOCAL
COMMERCIAL
BANKS
$16m
WATER SERVICES
PROVIDERS
5
WSTF
OBA SUBSIDY
($9.5m)
3
4
HOUSEHOLDS
2
10. DEVELOPMENT IMPACT
10
30,000 low-income house-
holds to gain access to
water and sanitation
services
$9.5m subsidies to
leverage $16m in private
loan finance for county
water service providers
$2.4m technical and
implementation work
OBA
Water service providers often face multiple constraints in attracting commercial finance, due to:
Perception of water as a social good with low ability to generate commercial returns.
Enabling environment (regulatory, legal, policy frameworks) is unsupportive of commercial lending. (e.g., utilities not autonomous, no regulator to regulate tariffs, monitor utility performance)
Utilities with limited borrowing experience lack financial management capacity to structure commercially viable projects and obtain loans.
Low market intelligence resulting in project risk misperception (on behalf of borrower and lender)
Utilities unable to meet collateral requirements of lenders.
Commercial interest rates are high