Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 36

Audit Analysis

The Safe Water Programme in Kenya has a confirmed investment-test additionality and a verified usage rate exceeding the ex-ante assumption, but is undermined by a material finding that actual emission reductions fall below the registered PDD estimates, a 0% leakage deduction with no supporting justification, the absence of a buffer pool, and 24 outstanding corrective actions. Multiple contradictions across verification reports reduce confidence in the data record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding in the 2024 verification report states actual emission reductions are lower than ex-ante estimates in the registered PDD
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the most recent verification report (2024-09-21)
• ⚠24 corrective actions remain open, including sampling-design non-compliance with CDM Guideline Appendix 3 and potential systemic bias in chlorine tablet usage
• ⚠Contradiction in FNRB method between 'national_default' (2024 VR) and 'local_field' (2022 document) raises questions about which emission factor underpins the credit calculation

Credit Vintages