Managing resources through stakeholder networks: collaborative water governance for Lake Naivasha basin,Kenya |
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| Authors: | Job Ochieng Ogada George Okoye Krhoda Anne Van Der Veen Martin Marani Pieter Richards van Oel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands;2. Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya;3. School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics and Agricultural Economics, Masai Mara University, Narok, Kenya;4. Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya;5. Water Resources Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Stakeholder analysis and social network analysis were used to analyze stakeholders’ social and structural characteristics based on their interests, influence and interactions in Lake Naivasha basin, Kenya. Even though the Kenyan government and its agencies seem to command higher influence and interest in water resource management, the presence of influential and central stakeholders from non-government sectors plays a key role in strengthening partnership in a governance environment with multiple sectors, complex issues and competing interests. Interactions in the basin are guided by stakeholders’ interest and sphere of influence, which have both promoted participation in implementing a collaborative water governance framework. |
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| Keywords: | Collaborative water governance stakeholder analysis social networks Lake Naivasha basin Kenya |
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