NELSAP Quarterly Newsletter April June...

The NELSAP Quarterly Newsletter April – June 2015

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Promoting Investments in Power Development and Trade and Water Resources Management and Development

Nile Basin Initiative

Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program

NELSAP Quarterly Newsletter April – June 2015

In order to achieve its mission, the Nile Basin Initiative created the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) effective 1999 to initiate concrete investments and action on the ground in the Nile Equatorial Lakes sub-‐basins.

• Page 2: A message from the NELSAP Regional Coordinator

• Page 4 -‐ 5: Interconnection Project on the right track

• Page 6: Rusumo Project Resettlement

• Page 7: Mapping and analysing soil erosion in the NEL region

• Page 8: MoU between Member Countries of Kagera RBM Project and NELSAP

• Page –9-‐10: Lelaitich WRUA gets a SCMP

• 1: SMM Water Allocation Model

• Page 12: Enhancing Regional Partnership

• Page 13: NELSAP Pictorial

Inside this issue: Inside this issue


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A new NELSAP Regional Coordinator, Eng. Elicad Elly Nyabeeya assumed his duties on April 14, 2015. In his inaugurating speech, he appreciated the achievements that have been realised by NELSAP in the past years. He reiterated for the need to develop new bankable projects and mobilize additional resources to implement activities already planned and scale up pipeline projects to increase regional development.

He underscored the need to improve the communication and visibility of the NELSAP program results at national, regional level and beyond. He emphasised timely feedback to all NELSAP stakeholders. He further stated that the NELSAP Program should be run efficiently in order to expand the portfolio and generate its own revenue stream. He echoed the need to collaborate and coordinate effectively with member countries, and regional institutions in the sectors of Water Resources and power development to accelerate development and regional integration in the Nile Equatorial Lakes region.

A MESSAGE FROM NELSAP REGIONAL COORDINATOR


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Dear Reader,

We are delighted to share with you updates of NELSAP activities during the period

of April to June 2015 through the NEL Info.

NELSAP uses strategic communication as key to achieving its clear visibility

mission. The NEL Info is one of NELSAP communication tool produced to share

information on efforts to increase visibility of NELSAP activities to stakeholders

and the general public. The NEL Info enhances awareness on activities

implemented by NELSAP Coordination Unit and its Projects.

We take this opportunity to welcome any feedback to improve the NEL Info■

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The Interconnection of Electric Grids Project on the right track

The 7th Project Technical Committee (PTC) of the NELSAP Interconnection of Electric Grids Project was held at Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on May 7, 2015. The Project covers construction of cross-border electricity transmission lines in the Nile Equatorial Lakes countries namely; Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The PTC is composed of technical experts from the Ministries in charge of Energy, Electricity Utility Companies in charge of power transmission in each country and international project-supervising consultants.

The PTC meeting deliberated on the project construction issues pertaining to different interconnectors in the five countries. The PTC meeting projected feasible commissioning dates for the different Electric Grids Interconnectors under construction. Most of the projects should be completed and commissioned over September 2015 to December 2016 horizon. After which the power exchange and trading between the countries can commence.

The meeting was officially opened by the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya, Eng. Joseph Njoroge, who reiterated the importance of the Interconnection of Electric Grids project under construction in the five Nile Equatorial Lakes countries, which are coordinated by NELSAP and implemented by the respective countries. He pledged Kenya’s full support to the project in view of the catalytic relationship between energy availability and socio economic development. He recognised the attendance and financial support provided by Development Partners – AfDB, JICA, KfW, EU, and the Netherlands Government. He appreciated the role of the supervising project consultants and urged them to adhere to the set project construction schedules with the contractors, to facilitate speedy project construction to ensure timely completion and commissioning■

POWER DEVELOPMENT & TRADE


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Interconnection grids components under construction

220 kV Shango-Mirama OHTL Rwanda Civil Works: Supervision of the works, concrete foundation, tower erection and stringing, access roads and bush clearing being successfully done

Cross road security at Shango site First Floor Slab - Fixing Rebar

Check survey at stringing

1. 132.5km, 400kV and 127km, 220kV Kenya-Uganda interconnection: Lessos substation / Lessos-Tororo OHTL Tororo substation / Tororo-Bujagali OHTL

2. 166km, 220kV Uganda - Rwanda interconnection: Shango-Birembo OHTL including Birembo substation / Shango substation / Shango-Mirama OHTL / Mbarara-Mirama OHTL / Mirama substation

3. 143km, 220kV Rwanda - Burundi interconnection: Kigoma-Butare-Ngozi-Gitega and associated substations

4. 77.8km, 220kV Burundi - DR. Congo interconnection: Buhandahanda / Shango-Gisenyi Kamanyola-Bujumbura / Kamanyola substation

5. 200km, 220kV DR Congo -Rwanda interconnection: Goma-Gisenyi and Goma substation

6. 95km, 220kV Burundi – Rwanda- DRC: Goma- Buhandahanda in DR Congo / Goma-Buhandahanda / Shango-Gisenyi


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Rusumo Falls Hydro Power Project

Compensation to PAPs on Rwanda and Tanzania side nearly completed

Rusumo Project was implementing the compensation of Persons Affected by the Project (PAPs) plan.

The enumeration of assets for PAPs on both Rwanda and Tanzania sides was followed by PAPs' compensation, which involved the opening of bank accounts after the awareness creation been conducted to PAPs. The awareness creation included procedures of opening bank account, the opportunities of securing bank loans, importance of savings, among others. On the Rwanda side, PAPs opened their bank accounts at the SACCO Kigarama while on the Tanzania side PAPs opened their bank accounts at the National Microfinance Bank (NMB) in Ngara District.

Opening of joint bank accounts was mandatory for joint asset holders, especially, for couples, joint business owners, cooperatives, or relatives appointed by family members to represent them.

The PAPs on the Rwanda side received their compensation in May 2015, while process was underway to transfer funds to PAPs' accounts on the Tanzania side.

After 90 days after payment of compensation is made, PAPs on both sides should vacate the compensated land (as per Rwanda and Tanzania laws).

The recruitment of the Contractor for both civil works and electromechanical works was underway with expected completion in mid-September 2015. A list of companies that applied for pre-qualification will soon be published.

PAPs signing of compensation agreements on the Tanzania side before the government property Valuer.

PAPs signing of compensation agreements on the Rwanda side before the government property valuer

PAPs listening to Bank staff conducting banking procedures awareness creation.


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SOIL LOSS MAP FOR THE NILE EQUATORIAL LAKES REGION

Disclaimer: Most Data used in development of this map wereobtained from public domain databases. Although we strive toprovide accurate information, there are no warrantiesaccompanying this product.

Having mapped erosion hot spot areas, there is a very obvious need for identifying watershed management and riverbank protection measures to contain the alarming erosion levels especially in areas categorized with high or very high rates. While taking steps to manage erosion levels, it is important to develop methodologies to restore land that has been degraded in those areas. Under new planned investment, integrating soil erosion control measures before projects implementation starts, will enhance efficiency utilization of funds. For example, the focused watershed management interventions in the Kagera, Lake Edward, Nyando, and upper part of the Kyoga sub-basins are essential to avoid wastage of financial resources while due to high sediment risk. With increased population growth in the region, there is associated pressure on vegetation cover and as such, the participation of the local people in erosion management is an important requirement.

Since the eroded material is transported downstream, there is also need to establish equilibrium between the upstream and downstream areas of the basin. It is recommended that citizens be sensitised of the negative consequences of soil erosion. It is also important that soil erosion and its effects be expressed in monetary terms about loss in productivity, environmental damage, and damages to infrastructure so as to quantify the cost of the associated effects. This will help in assessing and managing the environmental impacts of soil erosion management projects on both short and long-term basis ■

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT


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In June 2015, the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI/NELSAP) and the Honourable Ministers of Water Affairs of the 4 Kagera River Basin countries of Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, signed the Kagera Memorandum of Understanding (Kagera MoU). The MoU is an agreed instrument, which formalizes the regional cooperation for joint planning, development and management of the shared water resources in the trans–boundary Kagera Basin. It came into force in July 2015, 30 days after Parties signing.

The MoU will enable the parties to jointly identify and prepare regionally significant investment projects, mobilize the required investment financing and undertake implementation accordingly. The specified cooperation areas are in: Water supply & sanitation, Irrigation & drainage development, Hydropower development & pooling, Fisheries development, Watershed management, Sustainable management of wetlands & biodiversity

conservation, Sustainable management of lakes, River regulation, Flood management, Water hyacinth & weeds control, Water quality management, Water use efficiency improvements.

The MoU will be implemented within the existing NELSAP institutional structure comprising of the governance organs of the NEL Council of Ministers (NELCOM) and the NEL Technical Advisory Committee (NELTAC), as well as the NELSAP Coordination Unit, Kagera Regional Project Steering Committee (RPSC), the Kagera Project Management Unit (PMU) and National Coordination Offices in the member states.

The MoU defines the roles and responsibilities of each party as well as mechanisms for dispute resolution. It is cognizant of the ongoing ratification process of the Nile Basin CFA and through the subsidiarity principle of WRM, will advance cooperation within a sub-regional basin of the wider Nile Basin■

Kagera Project

MoU between Kagera Project countries and NELSAP was signed

The signing of Kagera MoU is a landmark achievement, which demonstrates strong political commitment from the parties and is leverage in mobilization of financial resources for implementation of shared transformative development projects. It heralds a bright chapter in ongoing efforts to bring tangible socio-economic benefits to the basin communities, in terms of increased access to clean and safe water, energy, improved agricultural productivity, rehabilitated and more productive watersheds & ecosystems, and improved community livelihoods and incomes. These expected benefits will greatly contribute towards achievement of national and regional socio-economic development aspirations and stability ■

Signature of the Kagera MoU by the Honourable Ministers of Water Affairs during the NILECOM meeting in Dodoma on 4 June 2015 (Front L-R: Dr. Vincent Biruta – Rwanda, Prof. Jumanne Maghembe – Tanzania, Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu – Uganda). On the back row are NILETAC members of Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda respectively. The NELSAP Regional Coordinator is also there (standing on Brown Coat).


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In the year 2014, Mara River Basin Management Project under NELSAP worked with its two riparian countries to prepare Sub Catchment Management Plans (SCMPs) in four priority watersheds namely: Isei and Engare Ngiito in Kenya and Tobora and Somoche in Tanzania. For increased community buy-in and sustainability, the Isei and Tobora communities delineated the pilot demonstration in a participatory manner.

A number of activities were implemented in the demo plots including soil and water conservation measures such as terracing, establishment of tree nurseries, bee keeping, and so many more. In order to expand this worthy course further, the Mara River Basin Management Project in collaboration with Lake Victoria South Catchment Area (LVSCA) supported and facilitated development of sub catchment management plan for Lelaitich Water Resources Users Association (WRUA).

The SCMP guides watershed management in the sub catchment through water quality and quantity monitoring, community awareness raising of issues and methods for sustainable farming practices, land and water management. It also empowers the community through strengthening of institutions for managing land and water resources, and promotion and strengthening of collaboration between upstream and downstream water users and diversification of livelihoods options and income generating activities for better land and water management including improvement of quality of life of the communities.

Lelaitich WRUA is one among 107 WRUAs registered with LVSCA. Lelaitich sub-catchment is located between Amala and Nyangores rivers within the Mara basin. The sub-catchment is drained by Lelaitich River, which is a tributary of Amala River that drains into the Mara. The sub-catchment has an estimated area of 182 km2. The estimated population is 20,816 of which 10,200 (49%) are female. The need to prepare a SCMP for the Lelaitich sub catchment arose from the need to reconcile the aspects of livelihood, and socio economic value of human activities within the sub catchment with the ecological functions, services of its terrestrial ecosystems and lifespan of water infrastructure projects. Efforts at sustaining the livelihoods have resulted in increasing pressure on the resources due to adoption of various socio-economic activities. This has to a significant extent contributed to loss of vegetation, loss of soil fertility, soil erosion, sediment loading in rivers and other structures like water pans, low land productivity, water pollution and low incomes in the sub catchment. This means that measures need to be put in place to address watershed degradation and propose livelihood improvement projects.

Sub-Catchment Management Plan (SCMP) is a tool developed with the involvement of stakeholders for management of a sub-catchment with focus on water resources. The SCMP provides an avenue through which stakeholders and interested parties can engage at grassroots level to protect and develop natural resources for improved social, economic and environmental gains. Although it is a grassroot tool, it is however at the tail end of the global policy in environmental sustainability as agreed under agenda 21 of Rio Conference of 1992 which emphasized among other things maintenance of freshwater ecosystem.

Mara Project

Lelaitich WRUA gets Sub Catchment Management Plan

A series of beehives supported by sub project to Tobora WUA for the purposes of enhancing livelihood activities in the sub catchment.


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Through the SCMP, comprehensive arrangements for catchment management and development can be put in place and programs carried out in a participatory manner for improved social, economic and environmental gains. The SCMP gives opportunity for all stakeholders to participate in the management and development of natural resources with focus on water resources at the ground level. The developed SCMP came up with interventions that will reverse the rate of degradation arising from physical disturbances to terrestrial ecosystem, non-point pollution sources, as well as reducing sediment loading in the Mara River. The development SCMP was guided by Kenya Water Act 2002 and WRUA (Water Resources Users Association) Development Cycle (WDC) and it focuses on management and protection of water resources. During the SCMP development process, Lelaitich WRUA members were trained on integrated water resources management and other catchment conservation measures to empower them and improve their knowledge in water resources protection, conservation and management in their sub-catchment. With support from WRMA, the WRUA members identified the problems that adversely affect the future sustainability of the watershed and proposed strategies to address these issues. Among the problems identified in the sub catchment included soil erosion, deforestation, water pollution, river banks encroachment, sand harvesting and flooding.

Addressing the Lelaitich WRUA members and stakeholders participated in the development process, the LVSCA Regional Manager; Mr Sabuni Wanyonyi thanked NELSAP/Mara Project for supporting the exercise and wished that the Project could support as many WRUAs as possible in the development of the plans. He expressed his appreciations to the Project for a job well done while supporting preparation of Isei and Engare Ngito sub catchment management plans including support to livelihood activities in the Isei WRUA in the previous year. He emphasized that participatory approach in developing SCMP ensures that the Water Resources Users Association fully understand their sub-catchment management issues, acquire knowledge and skills on sub-catchment management and protection. “This is your working document which will enable you to mobilise resources from various sources such as County government, Water Services Trust Fund to implement interventions proposed in the document” he added. The Lelaitich WRUA Chairperson, Mr Bernard Tonui expressed his appreciations to Mara Project for supporting the preparation of catchment management plan. “We are very grateful for your support because we had requested various partners for their support with no success” he said. “Our watershed governance has improved following training in Integrated Water Resources Management including procurement procedures, financial management, governance and we pledge to work closely with Bomet County Government so that some of the proposed interventions are mainstreamed in County Integrated Development Plans” he emphasized.

The plan is to be implemented by Lelaitich WRUA in conjunction with Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) Lake Victoria South Regional Office. The activities which are proposed in the SCMP will be synchronized mainly with those of Bomet County to ensure synergy during implementation of the plan, which will also involve stakeholders from Public, Private, Civil Society, Development Partners, and an Inter-Governmental Organizations among others. The main areas covered by the plan include improvement of knowledge on natural resources, catchment and water resources protection, water allocation, enhancement of water resources, institutional strengthening, monitoring, resource governance, and livelihood as well as and entrepreneurship. Activities have been formulated to address these areas in a period of three years starting July 2015 and ending in June 2018. The estimated budget to implement this SCMP is KShs 87,496,225, which is approximately nine hundred and thirty thousand, eight hundred and fifty United States dollars (US$ 930,850). This budget will be contributed directly or indirectly by the aforementioned stakeholders. It is envisaged that by the end of the three year period there will be a balance of natural resource use and conservation in Lelaitich sub-catchment with focus on water resources. – Eng. Ngoda AH ■


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There exist natural resource endowments within the SMM basin but also substantial pressures on the water and related natural resources, with no basin-scale water resources tool in place to guide in the planning and management of its water and land resources. In view of this, the Sio- Malaba- Malakisi River Basin Project and Nelsap CU together with Kyoga Water Management Zone (KWMZ) and Lake Victoria North Catchment Area (LVNCA) (Figure 3) have jointly developed a dynamic water allocation model using Mike hydro modelling tool. The model is being used as a primary tool in basin planning for the current and future basin development projects such as irrigation, fisheries, reservoir, hydro power, navigation, etc. It provides a quantitative assessment of water distribution and allocation within the entire basin while giving an overall water balance and general understanding of water movement throughout the basin.

The target beneficiaries are the water resources management managers working with water resources management basin agencies within the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi river basin. The tool will give the water resources managers and stakeholders within the SMM sub basin a sound framework for decision-making which could improve on efficient water use.

The Water Allocation Model development processes included: Data processing, identification of various water users, location points and quantity of water abstractions by the water users (Irrigation, urban and rural water users, livestock water use, environmental flow, etc.; Typical preliminary baseline model output results for Sio Sango irrigation and watershed development project are as shown in Figure 2.0■

SMM Baseline Water Allocation Model

Model output results for Sio Sango irrigation project (Figure 2.0 below) shows that without Sio Sango dam, there irrigation water deficits while with Sio Sango dam there is no deficits for irrigation development of 1000 hectares of land.

Water demand deficits (m3/s) for Sio Sango irrigation project with and without storage

Joint working sessions with LVNCA, KWMZ, NELSAP-CU, and SMM Official

Sio-Malaba-Malakisi Project improves water resources planning and development


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A coordination meeting was held between NELSAP and EAPP on May 27, 2015 in NELSAP Office in Kigali Rwanda with the objective to strengthen cooperation between the two organizations. The meeting was attended by the Secretary General, EAPP, Eng. Lebbi Changullah, and the Technical Director, EAPP and NELSAP management and project managers headed by the NELSAP Regional Coordinator Eng. Elicad Elly Nyabeeya.

The meeting discussed the Power System Studies, Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) commencement of operation, the A Day Ahead Market (ADAM) commencement, Regional Dispatch Centre and the respective mandates of both organizations.

The coordination meeting agreed that both EAPP and NELSAP will be participating in regional meetings to strength regional collaboration between initiatives like EAC, EAPP, EGL and NELSAP.

On the independent regulator, an Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) was approved by the Council of Ministers and it is envisaged to commence full operations in 2017. The IRB will require legal mandate for independent operation.

NELSAP and EAPP’s respective mandates are complementing each other. The EAPP is mandated to coordinate planning (Regional Master Plan), development and operation of an interconnected system of national grids, manage a regional electricity market development and trade and support implementation of long term bilateral power exchange. Meanwhile, NELSAP is mandated to facilitate project development, implementation, and coordination and ensure bilateral power exchange upon commissioning. With regard to project development, which falls within the mandates of both institutions, parties agreed to joint master planning and to be transparent in agreeing who develops what in order to avoid any duplication of effort■

Photo 1: The Secretary General, EAPP, Eng. Lebbi Changullah, (left) and the NELSAP Regional Coordinator Eng. Elicad Elly Nyabeeya shaking hands after the coordination meeting

Photo 2: NELSAP Acting Program Officer/ Hydropower Engineer, the Technical Director, EAPP, Secretary General, EAPP, the NELSAP Regional Coordinator, Interconnection Project Manager

Enhancing cooperation with the Regional Institutions:East African Power Pool (EAPP)


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PICTORIAL

The NELSAP Regional Coordinator – Eng. Elicad Nyabeeya, signing the MoU in Dodoma. On his left is the NELSAP Senior Economist/ M&E Specialist – Mr. Peter Kanyi

The Burundian Minister of Water Affairs – Hon. Jean Claude Nduwayo signing the Kagera MoU in his office in Bujumbura

Burundian Minister of Water handing over the signed Kagera MoU to the Kagera PM – Ms. Gertrude Ngabirano

NELSAP Communication Officer presenting NELSAP Investments Projects to NileCOM delegations exhibition organized by the NileSec during the 23rd NileCOM held in Dodoma Tanzania June 4, 2015.

Group photo of participants in capacity building and SCMP development for Lelaitich WRUA, Mara RBM Project


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No Type of Equipment Tanzania Kenya Total 1 Automatic Weather

Stations 4 5 9

2 Evaporation Pans 4 11 15

3 Automatic water level recorders

4 3 7

5 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauges

5 5 10

6 Standard rain gauge 1 -‐ 1 7 Staff Gauges 10 25 35

Benefits: • The equipment procured with financing from Sida, World

Bank and GIZ and installed with financing from Sweden has contributed towards improved access to quality data for sustainable water resources planning in the Mara river basin and improved water resources monitoring. The data and information is shared following the NBI interim data and information sharing and exchange procedures.

• Bisarwi dam has a storage capacity of 50,000m3 of water

• Benefits 5,620 people from 200 households • Irrigable area is 100 acres intended for

production of paddy and horticultural crops • Benefits 5000 livestock. • Majority of the community members get

water for domestic purposes and livestock production.

Mara River Basin Management Project -

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