Kabarole’s safe water coverage stands at 51.7%, which is below the national rural safe water level of 70% Residents of Karambi and Harugongo sub-counties have raised alarm over the dirty water which they share with animals.
Several residents in the two sub counties have no access to clean water while others have to travel for several kilometers to access clean water.
On Tuesday, Mugisa said the persistent shortage of safe water in the sub county affects sanitation and health, leading to waterborne infections.
“Diseases like diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery have continued to affect many people in our communities.
We do not have water and in most cases, we have to share water sources with animals,” he said.
Sunday Mwesige, a resident of Harugongo, said in some areas the water scarcity arises out of broken boreholes as well as drying springs and wetlands.
Emmanuel Kagoro, the LCIII chairman for Karambi sub county, said that the sub county has no resources to provide clean water to the people.
We cannot do much to solve the problem so we only rely on stakeholders and other well-wishers,” Kagoro said Amon Murungi, the executive director for Rwenzori Child Help Foundation, on Tuesday while commissioning a shallow well in Karambi sub county, said they had embarked on the process of constructing shallow wells in the most affected areas.
“We are working with communities and the local leaders to ensure that people get clean water because people are suffering,” Murungi said.
Richard Rwabuhinga the district LCV chairperson for Kabarole said recently that they had partnered with National Water and Sewerage Cooperation to extend piped water to Harugongo sub county.