At least 31 per cent of households in Uganda lack access to clean and safe water and 19 per cent do not have access to sanitation.
In Maddu Sub-county, Gomba District, residents have to walk for close to 10 kilometres to find safe and clean water for domestic use.
His is an example of the difficulty the rest of the communities go through to access water in a sub-county where 69 per cent of households do not have access to clean and safe water.
The minister’s promise comes against a recent survey by Water.Org, a non-governmental organisation, that 61 per cent of Ugandans lack access to safe water and that 75 per cent do not have access to improved sanitation facilities.
The report also adds that 78 per cent households harvest rainwater as Plan B.
In Maddu Town Council where a solar-powered water pump has already been installed, residents pay Shs100 for a 20-litre jerrycan of water.
Mr Godfrey Kiviiri, the Gomba District chairperson, says: “As the population increases, safe water coverage will as well increase and save our people from the burden of sharing water sources with animals.
Water stressed districts need to be considered in a special way and given reasonable funds to increase safe water.” Not spared The water scarcity does not end at household level.
Ms Grace Kizito, the secretary for health and education, says health centres are ailing.
“It is lack of clean water that has seen Maddu Health Centre IV theatre non-functional for close to four years now yet it is the top ranked government facility in the district,” she reveals.

At least 31 per cent of households in Uganda lack access to clean and safe water and 19 per cent do not have access to sanitation.
In Maddu Sub-county, Gomba District, residents have to walk for close to 10 kilometres to find safe and clean water for domestic use.
His is an example of the difficulty the rest of the communities go through to access water in a sub-county where 69 per cent of households do not have access to clean and safe water.
The minister’s promise comes against a recent survey by Water.Org, a non-governmental organisation, that 61 per cent of Ugandans lack access to safe water and that 75 per cent do not have access to improved sanitation facilities.
The report also adds that 78 per cent households harvest rainwater as Plan B.
In Maddu Town Council where a solar-powered water pump has already been installed, residents pay Shs100 for a 20-litre jerrycan of water.
Mr Godfrey Kiviiri, the Gomba District chairperson, says: “As the population increases, safe water coverage will as well increase and save our people from the burden of sharing water sources with animals.
Water stressed districts need to be considered in a special way and given reasonable funds to increase safe water.” Not spared The water scarcity does not end at household level.
Ms Grace Kizito, the secretary for health and education, says health centres are ailing.
“It is lack of clean water that has seen Maddu Health Centre IV theatre non-functional for close to four years now yet it is the top ranked government facility in the district,” she reveals.

FLINT (WJRT) – (04/12/18) – A Mid-Michigan nonprofit organization is doing what it can to help now that the state has permanently closed the PODS that some Flint residents depended on for cases of bottled water.
While the United Way of Genesee County has stepped up, CEO Jamie Gaskin says traction for support of people experiencing this public health crisis has slowed.
"In a disaster you’re going to get 90% of your revenue within the first 30 to 60 days.
That’s just how it works so the window has really passed for Flint in a lot of respects toward huge donations coming in," Gaskin said.
With no administrative fee assessed, they’ve used that money to help out in various ways.
Thursday, the organization sent a $50,000 check to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, which coordinates the delivery of truckloads of water.
The fund had a total of $70,000 in it before that donation.
Meanwhile, the United Way has partnered with local churches and veterans groups if you wish to donate cases of water.
Both the United Way and the food bank accept monetary donations.
Donations to the food bank will also buy Michigan fresh produce.

Some stretches of New Mexico have gone months without meaningful moisture, leaving farmers and ranchers to make difficult decisions as long-term forecasts call for drought to intensify across the already arid state.
Experts with the National Weather Service talked of pitiful snowpack levels in the mountain ranges that feed the state’s rivers ahead of the release Thursday of the latest drought map.
The map shows all but a small sliver of southern New Mexico is grappling with some level of dryness, with extreme drought increasing in the northwest corner of the state.
Officials with the federal Farm Service Agency in New Mexico say many ranchers are scrambling to buy up as much alfalfa as they can to supplement feed supplies while others from Cuba to Carrizozo are being forced to cut their herds.
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