Maji Safi, Maisha Bora Project

Audit Analysis

The Maji Safi, Maisha Bora project is a Gold Standard safe drinking water project in Kenya with verified additionality and documented safeguards, but a severe material finding of approximately 70% water loss (suspected theft or illegal connections) fundamentally undermines the integrity of the emission reduction claims. The project delivered only about 49% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, and several contradictions between the verification and monitoring reports raise data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verification report identifies that ~70% of treated water pumped does not reach kiosks, with suspected theft or illegal connections — a fundamental failure of the project's core delivery mechanism
• ⚠Kiosks were out of operation for two months (April–May 2024) due to flooding of the pump house, and Nyagera Kiosks were closed and excluded from the project boundary
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, and reversal events are explicitly 'not addressed'
• ⚠The project delivered only ~49% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, indicating the lifetime estimate was significantly over-optimistic
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility is confirmed while CCP status is not stated, creating potential dual-channel crediting risk

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