The Board of Directors accompanied by the Senior Manager Operations-Eastern Zone, Mr. Emmanuel Ekanya and the Deputy Managing Director-Technical Services, Eng. Johnson Amayo, met the Tororo Cluster team during which they had the opportunity to interact with the team and hear what they had to say.
Well, while addressing all present, the Area Manager-Tororo, Mr. Fred Businge deeply appreciated the B.O.D and top management for the support rendered to his team and vigorously applauded his team, with whom he has gotten this far. “Before you, is a team of hardworking staff. Not even a global pandemic can hold them back. They work tirelessly and diligently”, Mr. Businge proudly stated.
However, the area has been battling some trials which have affected its performance. Some of which Mr. Businge hinted on such as; High electricity for production costs at Malaba water works, High NRW due to theft and road works leading to pipes cuts by USMID project especially in Busia & Tororo, approximately 1,248 aged & faulty non serviceable meters in Busia, Kwapa & Nagongera taken over from private operators, Rampant power outages affecting production, Big consumer’s with alternative sources of water and extraction permits in areas of NWSC jurisdiction, Natural calamities like floods &mud-slides, and Rampant meter theft.
Against that background, the area has a number of planned water supply stabilization projects, which Mr. Businge so confidently presented to the B.O.D as a pledge of sorts to have any water supply related issues in the cluster resolved.
For instance; Laying a direct line of 3kms to Malaba and installing a 60m3 high lift pump for Malaba direct line to
ensure stable water supply in Malaba town and URA customs, Completion of Abur project; 3km transmission line to the existing reservoir of 100m3 to stabilize the dry zones of Abur, Osukuru and Buyemba and, Relocation of Morukatipe and Nagongera Road Booster stations to stabilize water supply to Morukatipe and Kisoko prisons.
More interventions include; the ongoing procurement of two high lift pumps of 350m3 each and two low lift pumps of 297m3 for Malaba water works to help increase daily production and reduce on electricity costs, Interconnection of Kisoko Line to Mwello Tank to reduce dry zones in that Kisoko, Relocation of reservoir tank from Kisoko to Kwapa to reduce the dry zones in Kwapa and, Construction of Busia office while waiting for the completion of Majange project.
The area is also in the final stages of completion of construction of Nyamalogo Booster stations to stabilize water in Nyamalogo branch and is increasing the capacity of clarifiers at Malaba Water works by P & CD that has kicked off.
The Tororo team is engaging in aggressive marketing of the finished laid lines under SCAP 100 as well as carrying out daily meter servicing of defective meters that can be serviced from the area that is helping the area to reduce NRW.
With all this going on and more in the pipeline according to Mr. Businge, we can trust that the sky is only the beginning for Tororo Cluster.
Brief about Tororo Cluster
Handed over to NWSC on 1st February 1988, the NWSC Tororo cluster is characterized by seven (7) branches thus; Tororo, Busia, Malaba, Nagongera, Magodesi and, Nabuyoga branch. It has one (1) water treatment plant at Malaba, nine (9) boreholes at Busia, two (2) boreholes at Nagongera and two (2) boreholes at Nabuyoga.
The cluster’s total practical works capacity of the plants and boreholes is 284,700m3 monthly and has a water mains distribution network length of 440kms and 10kms of sewerage mains; serving a population of about 128,100 people and a total of 14,741 water connections, with 12,594 (85%) active and 2,147 (15%) suppressed. The cluster also boasts of about 611 sewerage accounts.
