Ministry of Water & Environment
Plot 21/28 Port Bell Road, Luzira
P.O. Box 20026 Kampala
Uganda
Tel: 0414-505942
mwe@mwe.go.ug





Support to Rural Water Sub-Sector

Code: 0163

Total Plan Expenditure: 15.2bn

Start Period: 2001/2

Completion Period: 2016

 Background

The Ministry of water and environment is mandated with among others to provide guidance to the local governments, quality assurance, monitoring, regulation and technical assistance for which the Ministry has issued Sectorial Specific Schedules/Guidelines. The responsibility for provision of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services was decentralized to Local Governments. However, the implementation of water supply services for rural growth centers (with population between 1500 – 5000 people) is still being handled at the central level, as the capacity of the District Local Governments (LGs) is being built. The Support to Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program (STRWSSP) carries out the ministry role as far as decentralization is concerned in the provision of water to the rural population in Uganda.

Objective

To Support the local governments, NGOs, humanitarian organizations and CBOs to build capacity for efficient and effective service delivery in the water and sanitation sector.

 Expected Outputs

  • New TSU support modality established and functional to provide technical support to LGs
  • Districts effectively performing their sub sector mandates and responsibilities and effectively guided by central government [MOLG, MWLE/DWD, MOH, MFPED, MGLSD]
  • Water supply and sanitation facilities constructed for selected rural growth centers as on job training is being carried out.
  • Improved financial management, planning and budgeting and procurement procedures (improved sector efficiency and effectiveness).
  • Increased private sector involvement in RWSS development.
  • Increased NGO involvement in RWSS development.
  • Community level management improved. Effective support from districts to communities, manuals and tools for training and implementation developed.
  • Increased and enhanced involvement of all stakeholders in the water sub sector.
  • Appropriate technologies piloted and introduction strategies developed.
  • Regional spare parts depots established and monitored.
  • Management and technical skills to handle large scale RGCs and GFS built.
  • Implementation manual and monitoring and evaluation tools developed.
  • Integrated water resources management and implementation of activities in relation to the new TSU concept.

 Performance Indicators

  • Additional total Population served with new water facilities
  • No. of Technical support Units established
  • %Age of number of functioning water and sanitation facilities
  • % Households with improved latrines in the local governments
  • % Households with hand washing facilities in the local governments
  • Change in Per capita investment cost of new facilities
  • No. of functional District water and sanitation coordination committees
  • No. of spare part supply outlets established in the districts
  • No. of Piped water supply schemes constructed
No. of new technologies developed and piloted in districts

Technical description

The project is implemented through the following modality:
  • Provision of back-up support to the district local governments through area based Technical Support Units (TSUs). The TSUs are to provide support in planning, design and implementation of new facilities, operation and maintenance, sanitation, and integrated water resources management.
  • Monitoring by the centre in order to improve the quality of service delivery by the local governments so as to conform to the sector standards.
  • Development of policies and guidelines at the Centre in response to the needs of the water users and provision of standard planning and reporting formats to district local governments.
  •  Establishment of comprehensive district databases to provide the necessary information on the existing water and sanitation systems with the necessary arrangement for regular update.
  •  Construction of water supply systems in selected Rural Growth Centers (one per district) as part of capacity building (on-job-training) for district staff.

 Financing

The project is funded by the GOU and Donors (Sida, DANIDA, and DFID).

 Plan of Operation

The project will implement its activities through the TSUs in providing technical assistance to districts for the performance of sector activities at decentralized level. Monitoring of the district level activities and Preparing/refining guidelines and appropriate standards will be enhanced for sustainable community based O&M systems.