The lack of enough supply of parking space in Kikuyu Town has increased the demand of parking space in the town. This has led to high occurrences of illegal parking. This causes inefficiency in vehicular movement. It inconveniences both pedestrians and motorists causing limited accessibility to the town. This eventually causes congestion in the surrounding and connecting roads. Carrying out this parking assessment study in Kikuyu Town and coming up with possible remedies will support the aim of increasing sustainable transportation choices in our country.

Kenya is classified as a water scarce country whose natural endowment of renewable freshwater is currently about 21 billion cubic meters of 647m3per capita per annum. A country is categorized “water scarce” if its renewable freshwater potential is less than 1000m3 per capita per annum. (Odira 2018). According to NCWSC, Nairobi city consumes about 500 million litres of water on a daily basis against a demand of 700 million litres. This deficit is getting worse due to urbanization. Nairobi largely sources its water from upper Tana River Basin.