Working Group 4

1. The role of commercial estates in local water sharing agreements in the Nduruma sub-catchment H. Komakech; Co- authors: M. Condon and P. van der Zaag

3. Right is volumetric - based on mean values

4. No other permit issued under any other law may apply

7. Developed elaborate proportional and time based allocation systems

8. River committees manages allocation at river level

9. Water guards monitor compliance

12. Discussions with the actors

13. Review of secondary material e.g. minutes of meetings, letters, reports

15. Spatial geography “the iron ring of land alienation” colonial time now “ the plastic valley”

18. Does not recognise local river committee

22. View “..there just isn’t enough water.. ”

23. Use groundwater during dry seasons – drilled boreholes

24. Employees 140 permanent and 40 temporary. All locals

32. Capacity (knowledge, technology etc)

34. Working with downstream village estates:

35. avoid conflict

36. gain social reputation,

37. labour ;and

38. security on hydraulic infrastructure investment

39. Local government keen to ‘keeping peace’ than enforcing water law