Eva Muhia is a public sector strategist, WASH and climate resilience advocate, A sanitation entrepreneur with a multidisciplinary track record spanning governance, infrastructure, and enterprise development. With over a decade of leadership in Africa’s water and sanitation landscape, she is known for bridging grassroots realities with systems-level change, transforming challenges into scalable, sustainable models.
She currently serves as a Commissioner at the Nairobi Rivers Commission, a national task force under the Office of the President, where she leads integrated planning for the restoration of the Nairobi River Basin, across 5 counties. Her mandate spans policy alignment, multi-agency coordination, and community inclusion, with a sharp focus on informal settlements, sanitation, solid waste management, and climate resilience. Eva’s role champions the formalization of fragmented grassroots innovations and empowers riverine communities especially women and youth to participate in governance and regeneration.
As the Founder and CEO of Varet Products, Eva draws on nearly three decades of indigenous sanitation practice to offer context-specific, climate-smart solutions. Varet blends traditional knowledge with contemporary technologies to deliver bioenzymes, biodigester systems, menstrual hygiene disposal, and sanitation solutions that support dignity, health, and environmental sustainability. The company’s footprint spans schools, real estate, health institutions, and humanitarian sectors in Kenya, South Sudan, and Tanzania positioning it as a thought leader in circular economy sanitation solutions.
Eva has been a consistent voice in regional and global platforms including the World Water Forums, AfricanSan, and engagements, UN agencies, and Philathopic-aligned initiatives. She has conducted knowledge exchanges across Asia and the Middle East, translating international best practices into African solutions grounded in equity, scalability, and community leadership.
Her work reflects a deep belief: that Africa’s informal settlements can be engines of climate innovation, and that systems change must start at the intersection of people, purpose, and place.