Day 2: Tuesday 3rd November 2014

Plenary session 3 Horn of African Landscape Approach

Case of Integrated

Management Plan for Lake

Naivasha Basin Landscape

in Kenya

George E. Otiang’a-Owiti Team Leader

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Outline of Presentation • Location of L. Naivasha with Great Rift Valley

• Major lLandscape issues in Lake Naivasha Basin

• Objective of the Project & why IMP?

• Steps followed in the development LNIMP

• Launching of LNIMP

• Imarisha Naivasha & LNIMP

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Background

• The Lake Naivasha basin area is approximately 3,400 km2

• Lake Naivasha itself is an endorheic shallow freshwater lake with a water surface elevation of approximately 1890masl

• It is situated in the Eastern Rift Valley of Kenya, Lake Naivasha is one of a series of seven major lakes in the Eastern Rift Valley of Kenya

Location of Lake Naivasha

Major Landscape issues in the basin

• Water & Sanitation for urban & peri-urban population

• Unregulated water abstractions especially for large scale use

• Alienation of rural poor, access rights, resource ownership &

governance issues.

• Uneven distribution of natural resource based economic

opportunities

• Un-sustainable exploitation of natural resources.

• Catchment degradation, poor farming practice

• Pollution

• Ecological transformation in the basin

Major Landscape issues in the basin .. contd

• Policy matters (investment & trade, environmental mgt)

• Conflicting upstream & downstream interests

• Power asymmetry among stakeholders

• Weak enforcement of environmental laws & regulations

• Impact: serious decline in water resource (abstraction, habitat degradation, climate change impact)

Objective of the project

• Enhance the Integrated Management Plan

process for the Lake Naivasha Basin through a

consultative process towards establishing a

mechanism for mitigating environmental

degradation within the Lake Naivasha Basin

Whole purpose of project • Previous plans were rejected!!!

• Get everyone to work together

• Background to issues & interests

• Create a common language

• Not intended to solve all conflict, just to make sure you are arguing about the same thing!

Why Integrated Management Plan ?

IMP is a process that recognizes the basin as the appropriate organizing unit for understanding & managing ecosystem

processes…

- in a context that includes social, economic & political considerations, &

- guides communities towards an agreed vision of sustainable land & water resource management for their

basin

Steps followed in the development of the Lake Naivasha Basin Integrated

Management plan - 1

1. Situational analysis a. review of other existing documents on lake Naivasha e.g sub

catchment management plans & other plans-LNRA had started the process from where we picked & added more information

b. fact finding & gathering of views from stakeholders through field visits to various location & holding of discussion with the stakeholders

c. stakeholders analysis to ensure all stakeholders were involved in the process

Steps followed in the development of the Lake Naivasha Basin Integrated

Management plan -2

2. Multi stakeholder consultative workshop - held several

workshops with a view to getting information about the basin

& the provide opportunity for the stakeholders to present their

views & identify issues & strategies to address the issues

within the

2. Synthesis of information gathered - all the views gathered by stakeholders in the field & through workshop was compiled

by the technical team for the purpose of drafting the plan

Steps followed in the development of the Lake Naivasha Basin Integrated

Management plan -3

4. Drafting of the Integrated management plan

5. Validation of the Plan - A validation workshop

6. Adoption of the plan - workshop held to adopt the plan through which the stakeholders

7. Endorsement of the final draft of the Plan stakeholders forum

8. Followed by ratification by the appropriate Minister on behalf of Government

9. Publication for Circulation

Evaluate IM Plan options • IMP tried to developed practical ideas that meet the

local, national & international needs

• Some key considerations; the Plan tried to contribute to:

– Reducing poverty

– Addressing water scarcity & competition for water

– Improving the situation of women & other vulnerable groups

– Protecting ecosystems

– Maintaining human health

– Sustaining economic development including local livelihoods

Structure of the Plan

• The Integrated Management planning Process

– towards sustainable management and utilization of natural resources in

the Lake Naivasha Basin

• The integrated plan is envisaged to provide a framework to

balance the diverse resource use interests & related conflicts, &

enhancing stakeholder partnerships & capacities in natural

resources management

Management Plan structure 8 Chapters

Chapter One Introduction and Background to Lake Naivasha Basin, and the plan

Chapter Two Description of the Lake Naivasha Basin and an inventory of the resources and

resources values

Chapter Three Guiding principles, goals, objectives and strategies

Chapter Four Policy and legal framework

Management Plan structure

Contd.,

Chapter Five Stakeholders analysis and involvement

Chapter Six Zonation

Chapter Seven Management options implementation strategy, institutional framework

Chapter Eight Plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Launching

Launching

Launching

Launching

The guiding frameworks for conservation & development within the Lake Naivasha Basin

The LN Basin Integrated Management Plan

Sustainable development Action Plan

Imarisha Naivasha

Mandate of Imarisha

Coordination & oversight of all development and conservation activities

Develop a Programme to coordinate all development & conservation

Monitor enforcement & compliance

Develop & enforce Codes of Conduct

Collaborate with all stakeholders

Mandate of Imarisha significantly relevant & valuable in the in the

Implementation of the LNB-IMP

Overall mandate of Imarisha Naivasha Board - Outlined in the Gazette Notice No.

5368 of May 2011:

Over 50 Projects established & distributed in the entire basin- Include;-

Tree planting and tree nurseries

establishment to enhance tree vegetation

cover

Solid waste management:-

Collection, segregation, composting

Soil Erosion Control – Gabion

Construction Improvement of fish infrastructure

and handling facilities Renewable Energy ;- Biogas pilot

installations

In summary • All the Basin management activities fall under the coordination &

oversight authority of Imarisha Naivasha Board

• The SDAP Contributes to the realization of implementation of all the Management programmes Identified by stakeholders & contained in the IMP.

• The LNB-IMP is the over arching framework “Bible” for Environmental management & development for the Lake Naivasha Basin

• The LNB-IMP will contribute significantly to systematic & coordinated catchment restoration, creation of investment opportunities, community livelihood opportunities & sustainable development in the region

•Managing for Lake Naivasha Basin or

any other basin…..

We have to look for new

ways of overcoming

environmental & socio-

economic deficits