It takes at least two months to repair a broken water source in rural areas of Uganda. This was revealed by a study conducted in 2012 by IRC Uganda in eight districts of Alebtong, Kitgum, Lira, Nwoya, Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kasese and Kyenjojo. The study was conducted to assess the performance of... Read more...
Paul Nyeko Ogiramoi explains how water supply and sanitation boards at local sub-county level can make community management work.
Read more...Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are being developed in Uganda to supplement the national 11 golden indicators Read more...
Sub County Water and Sanitation Boards could help fix community management in Uganda – but only with support. Read more...
How stakeholder cooperation enhances water facilities, as this video shows. Read more...
The rural water sub sector in Uganda has relatively well developed WASH policies that clearly define responsibilities of different stakeholders right from National to Decentralized levels of service delivery. Read more...
In Uganda, the Mobile for Water project gives communities an SMS hotline to a handpump mechanic. Read more...
Existing coordination platforms in Uganda are largely for sector coordination, performance review and accountability and do not focus explicitly on... Read more...
How can NGOs and governments work together more effectively to ensure water services that last? A Uganda dialogue identifies concrete steps to improve coordination and joint learning. Read more...
Robert Otim, former Triple-S district learning facilitator in Uganda, discusses the capacity gap in addressing sustainable water services
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In Uganda 10 million people lack access to safe water. The Commissioner for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation says devolving water services closer to people and taking steps to improve functionality will achieve better services. Interview and recording by Peter McIntyre, Kabarole District, May 2013.
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'World Water Day is an opportunity for all actors to pay attention to the challenges that continue to hinder effective delivery of water services, especially to the rural population', says Jane Nabunnya Mulumba, country coordinator of the Triple-S initiative in Uganda. This video has been developed for World Water Day 2013 which was all around stakeholder cooperation.
Read more...In 2011, Triple-S Uganda commissioned a study to assess the use of the DIM by different stakeholders at district level. Read more...
Find out how different organisations around the world are using the life-cycle costs approach. Read more...
PPDA waives procurement rules to assist HPMAs. Read more...
Triple-S country study Uganda. Read more...