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GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 5963 of 17 May,2024

AMATSI WATER SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED
APPROVED TARIFF STRUCTURE FOR THE PERIOD 2024/2025 TO 2026/2027

Tariff Structure

Water Tariff Structure

Consumer Categories

Consumption Block M3

Approved Tariff (Kshs/M3)

Domestic/Residential

1-6

90

7-20

11

5

21-50

120

51-100

125

101-300

130

>300

140

Multi-Dwelling Units

Per M3

115

Commercial/Industrial

1-50

120

51-100

125

101-300

130

>300

140

Government/Institutions

1-50

120

51-100

125

101-300

130

>300

140

Public Schools, Colleges and Universities

1-600

120

601-1200

125

>1200m3

135

Unique Consumer Categories

Water Kiosks (Per m3)

70

Water Projects (Per m3)

115

Customers with non-functional meters shall be billed based on the average of the last three months’ bills.

Sewerage Tariff Structure for the period 2024/2025 to 2026/2027

Consumers with a Water Connection

  1. Sewerage will be charged at 75% of the water volumes, billed at the tariff for water specified (in 1.1) above for all customer categories.
  2. Disconnected water accounts shall be charged based on the average of the last three months’ sewer charges before the disconnection.

 Consumers without a Water Connection

Sewerage consumers without a water connection shall be charged as follows:

  1. Single dwelling Domestic unit: Ksh. 300 Per Month
  2. All other categories: 75% of the volume of water consumed as per the metered source of water.
Indexation

Meter Rent per Month

The utility’s approved tariffs for water and sewerage shall be eligible for annual indexation, as per the regulations of the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB). The inflation adjustment shall come into effect every July of the tariff period commencing July 2025.

Miscellaneous Charges

Miscellaneous Charges shall be as follows:

                 Item/ Service

Charge (Ksh.) 

Water Deposit

Category of consumer

 

Domestic

2,500

Multi Dwelling Units (MDU – Small); 4-10 units

5,000

Multi Dwelling Units (MDU – Medium); 11-20 units

10,000

Multi Dwelling Units (MDU – Large); > 21 units

20,000

Retail shops less than 10m3

3,000

Retail shops more than 10m3

3,500

Bar, restaurants less than 15 m3

4,000

Bar, restaurants more than 15 m3

6,000

Hotel less than 150 m3

12,000

Hotel more than 150 m3

15,000

Hospitals more than 150 m3 

20,000

Health centres less than 150 m3

12,000

Schools less than 200 m3

10,000

Schools and other institutions more than 200 m3

20,000

Minor construction sites more than 200 m3

15,000

Major construction sites more than 300 m3

50,000

Light industries less than 200 m3

30,000

Medium industrial between 200 m3 and 300 m3

50,000

Heavy industries more than 300 m3

100,000

Water Kiosks

5,000

*Customers with only sewer connection to be charged a deposit equivalent to water connection

Other Charges

Service

 

New water connection fee

2,500

Water Reconnection fee – at meter point

1,000

Water Reconnection fee – at mains

5,000 and double deposit

Tanker – 8000, 16,000 litres

2,500, 5,000 respectively per tanker within WSP Service Area for all consumers

Sale of water Per M3 at bowsing point (own tanker)

115

Replacement of stolen or damaged meters

100% of the market cost of the meter

Meter testing on request

500

Sewer Connection- Residential/ Domestic

2,500

Sewer Connection- Commercial, Government, schools, Universities and Colleges

5,000

Sewer Connection- Industrial

15,000

Private sewer unblocking

2,500

Leak detection services

1,000

Sewer Reconnection fee (At mains)

15,000

For cutting off the supply at the request of the consumer

200

For turning on the supply otherwise than in respect of a first connection

200

Exhauster Services (Company Exhauster)

5,000 for other customers and 4,000 for informal settlements

Private Exhausters (Dumping into the company’s sewer system)

15,000 per Truck per month

  

Penalties

 

Illegal water connection, -Commercial, Industry, Construction (Fraud)

100,000 plus estimated consumption during the period of the illegality

Illegal water connection, (Fraud) – Domestic

30,000 plus estimated consumption during the period of the illegality

Overcharging (fraud) at water kiosk

15,000

Illegal sewer connection- Commercial, Industry, Construction

100,000

Illegal sewer connection- Domestic, Government, Schools, Universities & Colleges

30,000

Self-reconnection after cut off for non-payment

5,000 and billing to be backdated from date of cut off

Surcharge for tampering with meters (this to include meter removal, reversing of meter etc)

5,000

Surcharge for direct suction of water from the supply line using a pump

10,000

 

Tariff Conditions

Other Charges

The conditions attached to this approval which shall form part of the license conditions of AWASCO are:

Service Delivery Conditions attached to the Tariff

Target

2022/2023

2023/2024

2024/2025

2025/2026

2026/2027

 Water Coverage (%)

20%

23%

26%

29%

32%

 Water quality standards (%)

 100% Compliance with Standards

 Personnel Expenditure as % of O&M

34%

30%

26%

24%

21%

 Non-Revenue Water 

42%

40%

38%

36%

34%

 Hours of Supply (Hrs.)

14

15

15

16

16

 Staff per 1000 connections

13

9

7

6

5

 Maintenance Expenditure as % of O&M

6%

5%

7%

7%

8%

 Metering ratio (%)

72%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 Collection Efficiency (%)

80%

82%

84%

86%

88%

 Resale at Kiosk

 Kshs. 5.00 per 20l Jerry Can

  1. Annual budgets: The WSP shall adhere to the budgetary levels set in the tariff.
  2. Surpluses: The surpluses realised during the tariff period shall be used to implement priority service delivery capital projects approved by WASREB
  • Reporting: The utility shall submit to WASREB a quarterly performance report in the format provided
  1. Metering: AWASCO shall progressively enhance the metering ratio to attain 100% as per condition 3(i) above
  2. Creation of distinct water and sewer cost centres: AWASCO will ensure it creates separate water and sewer cost centres and maintains distinct records of operations of the two centres.

Investments: The utility shall undertake the investments in Table 1:

Table 1: Investments

A

 Metering

Target Area/Location

Item Description

Unit

Qty

Unit Cost (Kshs)

2024/2025

2025/2026

2026/2027

 

i

 

Single jet co-polymer 15mm R200

No

1500

1,500

2,250,000

  

 

ii

 

Single Jet Copolymer 15mm meters

No

2000

5,000

 

10,000,000

 

 

iii

 

Single Jet Copolymer 15mm meters

No

4000

5,500

  

22,000,000

 

 

 

 

   

2,250,000

10,000,000

22,000,000

B

Water Network Extension

 

 

      

 

i

Sosian Water Supply

Last Mile Connectivity (50 No.Water connection for Tigoi Zone,and 100 No. Water Connections for Nyang’ori Zone)

   

1,863,750

  

 

ii

Vihiga Water Supply

Last Mile Connectivity (70 No.Water connection for Maragoli Ward-Vihiga/Majengo Zone)

   

1,034,050

  

 

iii

Mbale Water Supply (Mbale East & West)

Last Mile Connectivity (75 No.Water connection for Wamuluma/Walugaga Mbale East Zone, and 100 No. Water  Connections for Lyaduywa Ward Mbale West Zone)

   

2,224,450

  

 

iv

Mbale Water Supply (Chavakali East & West)

Last Mile Connectivity (90 No. Water connection for Chavakali East Zone, and 100 No. Water Connections for Chavalaki West Zone)

   

2,656,600

  

 

v

Kaimosi Water Supply (Shamakhokho and Mago)

Last Mile Connectivity (100 No. Water connection for Shamakhokho Zone, and 75 No. Water Connections for Mago Zone)

   

2,085,700

  

 

vi

Kaimosi Water Supply (Complex and Maganda)

Last Mile Connectivity (60 No. Water connection for Muhundu Ward/Maganda Zone, and 85 No. Water Connections for Complex/Jeptulu Zone)

   

1,918,000

  

 

vii

Maseno Water Supply(Kima and Ebulonga)

Last Mile Connectivity (120 No.Water connection for Wemilabi Ward/Kima Zone, and 130 No. Water Connections for Ebulonga Ward/Ebulonga Zone)

   

2,996,400

  

 

viii

Maseno Water Supply(Luanda and Mabungo)

Last Mile Connectivity (150 No. Water connection for Luanda Ward/Luanda Zone, and 100 No. Water Connections for Emabungo Zone)

   

2,774,000

  

 

ix

Maseno Water Supply(Olang Line and Emusire)

Last Mile Connectivity (85 No. Water connection for Bunyore Ward/Emusire Zone, and 50 No. Water Connections for Bunyore Ward/Olang Line Zone)

   

1,943,700

  

 

x

Bumbo Water Supply

Last Mile Connectivity (100 No.Water connection for Shamakoko/Shiru Ward/Jettulu/Serem Zons

   

928,500

  

 

xi

Chango Water Supply

Last Mile Connectivity (80 No. Water connection for Chavugani/Chango Zone)

   

758,000

  

 

 

 

 

   

21,183,150

–

–

C

Water Network Rehabilitation

 

 

      

 

i

Maseno water supply

Rehabilitation of a 2Km pipeline DN 110, PN 12.5 Maseno water supply

Mtrs

2000

1,300

  

2,600,000

 

ii

Kaimosi Water Supply

Rehabilitation of a 3Km, 90mm pipeline Kaimosi Water Supply

Mtrs

3000

1,300

 

3,900,000

 

 

iii

Mbale,Hedwe,Mukuli and Mbini Areas

Rehabilitation and upgrading a 2Km 110mm pipeline from Mbale to Hedwe, Mukuli, and Mbihi areas.

Mtrs

2000

1,500

  

3,000,000.00

 

iv

Mbale Tank to Wondeyo

Rehabilitation of a 3Km 63mm pipeline from Mbale tank to Wondeyo area.

Mtrs

2500

1,320

  

3,300,000.00

 

 

 

 

   

–

3,900,000

8,900,000

D

Computers and Accessories

 

 

      

 

i

Laptops

11th Generation Intel Core i7-1165G7

No

25

130,000

1,300,000

650,000

1,300,000

 

ii

Desktops

HP ProDesk 400 G7 MT, Intel Core i7 10700, 8GB DDR4 3200, 1TB HDD

No

30

110,000

1,100,000

550,000

1,650,000

 

iii

Printer

Ricoh DD 3324 Colour Digital Duplicator, to 130 ppm

No

5

75,000

  

375,000

 

iv

UPS

Maintenance-free sealed Lead-Acid battery with suspended electrolyte: leakproof

No

20

8,500

  

170,000

 

 

 

 

   

2,400,000

1,200,000

3,495,000

E

Plant and Equipment

 

 

      

 

i

Motor 50KW

 

Pc

1

100,000

  

100,000

 

ii

Motor 2KW

 

Pc

3

350,000

  

1,050,000

 

iii

Panel Accessories

 

Pc

7

100,000

  

700,000

 

iv

Capacitor Banks

 

Pc

7

45,000

  

315,000

 

v

Panel Accessories

 

Pc

10

110,000

 

1,100,000

 

 

vi

AVS-Automatic Voltage Switcher

 

PC

10

20,000

 

200,000

 

 

vii

Pump sets

 

PC

4

500,000

 

2,000,000

 

 

viii

Motor 2KW

 

Pc

4

350,000

 

1,400,000

 

 

ix

Assorted Cables

 

LM

1

800,000

 

800,000

 

 

x

Appurtenances

 

Item

1

800,000

 

800,000

 

 

xi

Pump Set

 

Pc

4

1,800,000

 

7,200,000

 

 

xii

Motors

 

Pc

4

400,000

 

1,600,000

 

 

xiii

Motors

 

Pc

4

750,000

 

3,000,000

 

 

xiv

Panel Accessories

 

LM

10

100,000

  

1,000,000

 

xv

Appurtenances

 

Item

1

900,000

  

900,000

 

 

 

 

   

–

18,100,000

4,065,000

F

Furniture and Fixtures

 

 

      

 

 

Office Chairs

 

No

15

15,000

225,000

  

 

 

Office Tables

 

No

10

10,000

100,000

  

 

 

Board Chairs

 

No

15

17,000

255,000

  

 

 

Office Chairs

 

No

30

15,000

 

450,000

 

 

 

Office Tables

 

No

25

10,000

 

250,000

 

 

 

Work station office tables

 

No

10

25,000

 

250,000

 

 

 

Bord chairs

 

No

10

20,000

 

200,000

 

 

 

Cabinets

 

No

30

13,000

 

390,000

 

 

 

Office Chairs

 

No

30

15,000

  

450,000

 

 

Office Tables

 

No

10

10,000

  

100,000

 

 

Work station office tables

 

No

2

25,000

  

250,000

 

 

Bord chairs

 

No

10

20,000

  

200,000

 

 

Cabinets

 

No

10

13,000

  

130,000

 

 

 

 

   

580,000

1,540,000

1,130,000

G

NRW

 

 

      

 

iv

 

D.M. As( 63mm-90mm) Smart metering

No

50

110,000

5,500,000

 

–

 

v

 

Smart Meters (DN 63-110MM

No

10

120,000

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

 

 

   

5,500,000

1,200,000

–

 

 

 

TOTALS

   

31,913,150

35,940,000

39,590,000

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