Uganda: Water Ministry Needs Sh120 Billion

Kampala — THE water ministry needs sh120b per year to extend safe water to all major towns across the country. Ephraim Kisembo, the commissioner for water regulatory affairs, said the ministry gets about sh60b for the urban water sub-sector per year.

"This is inadequate. If it is doubled to sh120b, we extend safe water to all towns by 2015," he added. Kisembo said it was becoming difficult to provide safe water, especially in towns, because of the high rate of rural-urban migration. He added that his ministry was also constrained by the dwindling public sector financing for water and sanitation.

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