Tag Archive | Uganda
Pro-poor water services: investment scenarios for Kamapala, Uganda
Water service to the urban poor presents challenges to political leaders, regulators and managers. A new study identifies technology mixes of yard taps, public water points (with and without pre-paid meters) to meet alternative constraints, and reflecting populations served and investment requirements. Three investment scenarios have different implications for improving water access to over 400,000 […]
Uganda: Denmark gives US$ 94 million for water
Donors have committed over $94m (about sh180b) in the next five years to improve the water, sanitation and environment sectors. This was revealed by the Danish ambassador, Nathalia Feinberg, who was representing the sector’s development partners. She thanked the ministry of water and environment for having improved water coverage to more than 1 million people. […]
New Procurement Notices for the Global Sanitation Fund in Uganda and Senegal
WSSCC’s Global Sanitation Fund has issued two new calls for tenders and expressions of interest. Below is a brief description, deadline and link for more information related to Country Programme Monitors in Uganda and Senegal. • Call for Expression of Interest (EOI), Country Programme Monitor, Global Sanitation Fund, Uganda. Deadline date: 5 November 2009 Download […]
Uganda, Kampala: urban poor get access to cheap clean water
Over the years, shanties have sprung up in Kampala providing accommodation to more than 60% of the city’s population. However, government planning and funding has denied them public utilities like water since they are regarded as illegal settlements. As a result, poor people pay five times more than rich people for the same amount of […]
Implications of the financial crisis for developent finance and global governance
Mold, A.; Paulo, S. and Prizzon, A. (2009). Implications of the financial crisis for developent finance and global governance. (OECD Development Centre working paper ; no. 277). 48 p. Full text Abstract This paper examines how the different forms of development finance for low-income countries are likely to be affected by the global financial crisis, […]
Uganda: Dfcu bank supports sanitation
DFCU bank has earmarked sh200m [US$ 102,000] for improving water supply and sanitation in Kampala, Lira and Arua. The bank signed a partnership deal with WaterAid [in July 2006] to implement the three-year Sanitation Improvement Project. Susan Nsibirwa, the dfcu marketing manager, said at the launch of a modern water kiosk and a public toilet […]
Uganda, Kampala: pre-paid water launched in slums
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NW&SC) has introduced a pre-paid water metering system “for the urban poor [...] to curb the increasing number of unscrupulous dealers”. Now a 20-litre jerrican of water costs about sh18 [0.9 US dollar cents] as opposed to sh100 [5 US dollar cents) and sh 200 [10 US dollar cents] […]
Uganda: microfinance offered to urban poor in Kampala for toilet construction
Uganda Microfinance Limited and Centenary Bank are offering financial solutions to the urban poor in Kampala to purchase and install toilets. The toilets are being installed as part of a public-private initiative launched by the the Ministry of Water and Environment and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). “The project will be implemented in partnership with […]
