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Performance Report for FY 2009/10 Rural water supply Provision of water services for post conflict areas presents a challenge. Also quite challenging is provision of safe water in emergency situations, such as cholera epidemics, refugee situations as well as times of floods and droughts. This particular sub sector suffers inadequate funding and is therefore often unable to meet the needs of a constantly growing population and to reach sector coverage targets. The increasing costs in areas where water is scarce do not help matters at all. Furthermore, there is increasing per capita investment costs due to: low economies of scale characteristics of local government contracts, the fact that the remaining water sources are more difficult and expensive to develop than those already implemented, high construction cost inflation and fiduciary risks. Sustainability of rural water supply facilities also continues to be a challenge. The low sustainability of the installed infrastructure is due to, among other; inadequate O&M provisions put in place by the user communities, poor quality of construction supervision and inadequate involvement of communities in the planning, financing and implementation of the water supply projects. Critically too, the private sector does not have sufficient capacity to cope with the increased water supply activities both for implementation and for provision of cost effective operation and maintenance support. Urban water supply Need for support to replacement, renewals and major expansions: The water tariffs in urban areas are tailored to meet O&M costs and funding is needed for replacement of components that have outlived the design lifespan as well as expansions to cover the growth of the towns. Owing to the inadequate capacity of Town Water Authorities to plan and implement investments in new water and sewerage schemes, DWD still supports investments in the towns. This is important and necessary in the short term because Unit costs for implementation are ever increasing for various reasons and the sector needs to continue working towards cost effective implementation. Cost recovery is hampered by arrears and Value Added Tax (VAT) on water revenue as well as limited sewerage coverage. Water for Production Challenges include inadequate capacity of District Local Governments involved in the sub-sector; inadequate funding and high unit costs, low sustainability of installed infrastructure. Sanitation The budget allocations and the financing mechanisms for the sanitation sector have been inadequate. The implementation of the MoU has been limited by the unclear funding mechanism whereby each of the ministries involved expected the others to prioritise funds for sanitation within their own sector ceilings. Enforcement of sanitation bye-laws by local governments is still inadequate and not widespread in all districts. Furthermore, there is a low level of awareness of the existing laws pertaining to Sanitation and Hygiene enforcement. The capacity of the local governments to plan and implement sanitation activities remains low due to inadequate staffing, skills and logistical support for the Health Inspectorate; co-ordination of sanitation stakeholders at district level is still weak resulting in ineffective planning and utilisation of the limited resources. In schools, provision of sanitation and hygiene services remains inadequate as a result of increased enrolment, inappropriate technology choice and unclear institutional mandates. Systematic collection of information and reporting with respect to excreta related sanitation and hygiene remain a big challenge. In urban areas, the mandates for solid waste management and drainage at national level are clear, however, the capacity of the urban authorities to implement remains inadequate. NGOs in the Ugandan Water and Sanitation Sector | 28
Performance Report for FY 2009/10 2.3 Towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Progress towards achieving the MDGs has been made but progress on key development outcomes has been woefully inadequate. Notably, on maternal, newborn and child health the rate of progress is unacceptable especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contributing to the slow progress on these development outcomes is the neglect of key sectors and interventions. The MDGs are interconnected and interdependent, and integrated development is a precondition for accelerated and sustainable development. The sanitation MDG target highlights this deficit and the risks that lie in prioritizing one sector or intervention over another. The target is seriously off-track: at current rates, it will not be met globally until 2049; and in sub-Saharan Africa it will not be met until the 23rd century (WHO Joint Monitoring Programme 2010). Between 20 and 22 September 2010 the heads of state meeting in New York was held to discuss progress, with ten years on and five years to go, towards meeting the MDGs. The summit is an accountability moment on the MDGs. The summit focused on maternal mortality and (to a lesser extent) child mortality - quite right given how off-track the maternal mortality MDG is but the role that sanitation plays in health was not effectively discussed. In Uganda the sanitation MDG is off-track (JMP 2009). There has been concern that discussions leading up to MDG summit in the UN and in some of our most supportive governments barely mentioned sanitation or even water – and the contribution that investment in these sectors makes to the achievement of the other MDGs, particularly on education and health. July 26, 2010, UWASNET in collaboration With WaterAid and the Ministry of Water and Environment organized a press conference at Munyonyo the venue for the AU summit where Mrs. Janet Museveni - the Sanitation Ambassador in Uganda, on behalf of other First Ladies urge African leaders to take action and ensure that the integration of sanitation, hygiene and water an integral part of national health strategies and are adequately financed. She noted that diarrhoea the biggest killer of African children under five (5) can only be prevented by having safe sanitation, safe water and hygiene. Access to these basic rights can also significantly reduce other leading causes of child deaths, such as pneumonia and under-nutrition Mrs Janet Museveni – the Sanitation Ambassador in Uganda advocating for WASH during the AU Summit at Munyonyo, Uganda 29 | NGOs in the Ugandan Water and Sanitation Sector
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