Issuance Date 19 August 2011 Contract Number AID-617-C-10 ...

WUC Evaluation – Preliminary Results 2011
Table 7: Amuru District Challenge and Recommendation Highlights
Interviewee Challenges Suggestions/Recommendations
District
Integration of NUDEIL activities with district A work plan and job description for
Community activities
the NUDEIL CDOs needs to be created
Development If NUDEIL CDOs our going to
in order to align their activities with
Officer, John
NUDEIL projects for trainings or
the needs of the various offices
Boskco Okello
follow‐ups, they should be able to
also check on other district
projects that are on the way or
within the same vicinity since
transportation is such a major
challenge.
o Note: this has been
discussed during joint
monitoring meetings with
NUDEIL and district staff
District Water Trainings have not been completed
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Officer, Raymond “Trainings were conducted before
Luwita
the BHs were drilled. Therefore,
we were unable to do the practical
stage of training (i.e. if the
borehole shakes like this, do
this…etc.)”
Some sites [3] had dry BHs. The
communities of the relocated sites
have not yet been trained.
Tendering delays also disorganized
the trainings
Lack of community ownership
The 180,000 UGX of upfront costs
People have lost their sense of
asked for by the GOU should be used
ownership and willingness to
contribute to the O&M of the
water point
to open a bank account
Caretakers use the money they
collect for themselves
Scale of water management
Bring the management of the user
The GOU did not research the
contribution funds to the parish level.
scale needed to support a water
For instance, 10 BHs have one
point. Only 20 household might
account. Money would accumulate
use a BH (they are too scattered).
from more people and not all BHs will
This is not enough to fund itself.
break down at once so it would be
more sustainable in the long run.
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