Many towns in Kenya have been experiencing a rapid population increase due to rural urban migration. This, in turn as led to increased demand for housing facilities in these towns. The existing public utilities like Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) facilities have been affected by this rapid increase in population. 

Related studies that have incorporated both the GIS and Remote Sensing techniques focus on mapping potential arable land only. They identify parameters for arable land and modelled them together based on a GIS map before developing the model for suitability of potential arable land.

Kericho has experienced significant infrastructural developments and shift in land use as attested by the residential houses boom. It is of great concern however to see these developments crop up in a disorganized and seemingly unplanned manner and the inevitable result would be pollution, inaccessibility, informal settlements in the area and difficulties in availing basic utilities.