The Civil Society Urban Development Programme (CSUDP) has enlisted its participation in WUF VI under the auspices of the Civil Society Urban Forum(CSUF), a multi-stakeholder dialogue platform established and supported by the programme. With it's networking side event titled ' Popular Citizens Participation in the Management and Governance of Urban Areas and Cities  in the new Counties of Kenya', CSUDP/CSUF will showcase institutionalization, nationalization and rededication of Local Urban Forums (LUF's)  towards better and smarter urban Kenya. The popular citizens participation is anchored on a local campaign under the slogan 'whose town is it anyway?' a rallying call to cultivate full sense of belonging, whether poor or rich, for dignified living.

Urban water supply systems in Kenya are accused of ignoring the water needs of the urban poor living in the informal settlements in favor of supplying the upper and middle class populace and industries. While the right to clean and safe drinking water in adequate quantities is now provided for by the Kenyan constitution, in reality many of the urban poor have a daily struggle to access water for their most basic needs: washing, drinking and cooking.

So is access to safe, clean, drinkable water a basic human right that cannot be denied?