A mini survey by a URN reporter established that several latrines are constructed as close as 10-metres near open water sources in contravention of the Public Health Act.
Dr. Steven Senyonjo, a Public Health Consultant at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, says there is need to transform the mindset of people in Busoga sub region on personal hygiene and sanitation in homes. He says in 2009 some of the people attributed the problem of jiggers in the region on the conflict over the Kyabanzinga, a thing he says is false.
Water Aid reports that 8.5 million Ugandans do not have access to safe water. Over 22 million people do not have access to adequate sanitation in Uganda. But what about the quality of the water those with access to it receive?
Kitoole village, Bubogo parish Kabwoya subcounty has gone almost a decade without clean water. Zozimus Karukohe, the village chairperson, says the only tube well in the village broke down eight years ago and it has never been repaired. Karukohe explains that this has left about 500 residents in the village with no option but to fetch water from swamps.
Access to clean and safe water in primary schools in Kabarole district remains one of the challenges affecting education. At Rutende, one of the primary schools located in Karangura Sub County, there is only one borehole serving a population of 890 pupils.
More than 2000 residents of Kakinzi,Lugalala and Nsenge villages in Butuntumula subcounty in Luweero district could soon have hope of safe drinking water.
