Justine Kabugho, a resident of Kizungu cell revealed that they started experiencing the challenge of water shortage early December last year, forcing the residents to resort to fetching contaminated water from River Nyamwamba.
A severe water crisis has hit
Kasese Municipality putting the lives of residents at risk of poor hygiene and sanitation as well as their associated effects.
The residents especially from
the Central and Nyamwamba Divisions say they are currently finding it hard to
access safe water for domestic use. The most hard hit areas are; Kizungu, Kanyangeya and
Nyakasanga West.
Justine Kabugho, a resident of
Kizungu cell revealed that they started experiencing the challenge of water
shortage early December last year, forcing the residents to resort to fetching
contaminated water from River Nyamwamba.
She was skeptical that they
might be hit by diseases such as typhoid.
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Esther Muhindo, a resident of
Nyakasanga West, said in addition to the challenge of water shortage, some tap
operators have hiked the prices of a jerrycan of water from shillings 100 to
between shillings 300 and 500.
Because many families can’t
afford this fee, they opt to fetch water from open sources such as
pounds and rivers.
Pimako Kasereka, the Nyamwamba
Division Chairperson is worried that is the crisis lings on, it could affect
schools once they reopen early next month.
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But the Kasese Branch Manager
for the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Andrew Muhumuza say they are
soon finalising the infrastructure to tap water from River Kyanzutsu to the
main treatment plant in a bid to produce sufficient quantity of water to the
population.
However he says there has been improved water supply in the last one year.
Basaija is a graduate of Uganda Christian University (UCU-Mukono) holding a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication.
He is a currently pursuing a fellowship in Gender Communications at Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications Nairobi, Kenya and expected to graduate in 2025.
He also boosts of numerous training's in the journalism arena.
Before joining URN, he had served as documentation support personnel, radio presenter and a news editor.
