Rural Centers
A total of five Umbrella
of Water and Sanitation (UWS) Organisations (South-West, Mid-West, Central,
East and North) are registered in the country as non-profit making companies,
limited by guarantee with a membership of selected Small Towns, rural growth
centres and rural large gravity flow schemes to assist member schemes carry out
operation and maintenance functions and share services that would otherwise be
too costly for individual schemes - such as water quality monitoring, technical
inputs to expansions and system repairs, monitoring of service delivery and
operational audits.
By June 2013, the total number of Small Towns and Rural Growth Centres’ water supplies supported by Umbrella Organisations was 309, which is an increase of 62 members from 247 in the previous year. In order for the Umbrella Concept to cover the entire country, the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) is planning to establish the 6th Umbrella Organisation, Karamoja Umbrella of Water and Sanitation (kUws); this new organisation is expected to be fully operational in FY 2013/14. An evaluation of functionality of member schemes in the third quarter of 2012/2013 revealed a functionality of 92% (283 of the 309 schemes), only 2% (5 schemes) were non-functional at this time and 7 % (21 schemes) were under construction.
By June 2013, the total number of Small Towns and Rural Growth Centres’ water supplies supported by Umbrella Organisations was 309, which is an increase of 62 members from 247 in the previous year. In order for the Umbrella Concept to cover the entire country, the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) is planning to establish the 6th Umbrella Organisation, Karamoja Umbrella of Water and Sanitation (kUws); this new organisation is expected to be fully operational in FY 2013/14. An evaluation of functionality of member schemes in the third quarter of 2012/2013 revealed a functionality of 92% (283 of the 309 schemes), only 2% (5 schemes) were non-functional at this time and 7 % (21 schemes) were under construction.