NWSC gives back in honor of “Global Hand Washing Day”
Founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership, Global Handwashing Day is an opportunity to design, test, and replicate creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times. It is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to advocating for handwashing withsoap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and […]
Entebbe Area Minimizes Water Losses in Washing Bays
The Entebbe Area has rolled out an exercise to ensure that it minimizes water losses across all branches. The Area has embarked on installing meter boxes with seals on all meters for washing bays and suspected accounts. These seals have a serial number that uniquely identifies them and will help in tracking when they are […]
Understanding NWSC’s Pro-Poor Policy
In fulfilling its mandate, National Water and Sewerage Corporation promotes an integrated approach in a way that is sustainable and most beneficial to all urban communities regardless of their socio-economic status. Despite the commercial orientation of its operation the Corporation has a social mission to fulfill in line with government objective of increasing safe water […]
NWSC plants 10,000 trees to Commemorate Uganda’s 59th Independence
Oh, Uganda! the land that feeds us, By sun and fertile soil grown; For our own dear land, We shall always stand, The Pearl of Africa’s Crown. The last stanza of the National Anthem says it all and what better way to honour it than nurture “the land of beauty”. This, National Water and Sewerage […]
NWSC flags off 5 to Netherlands
The Training & Capacity Development department today flagged off a team of 5 NWSC staff who were awarded scholarships to study a one year Masters in Sanitation degree from IHE Delft in the Netherlands. The scholarships are funded by both NWSC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in line with the Strategic Priority Area […]
NWSC Issues One-Month Amnesty to Water Burgles
The Managing Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Eng. Silver Mugisha, unveiled a new campaign that will clamp down on water theft, a vice that continues to be a thorn in the corporation’s foot. This new campaign has provided for a one-month amnesty to water-theft culprits, allowing them to come forward and be legally reconnected, whereas […]
Change yourself then you can change the world
Changing the world is very possible and easy as well. Changing the world is also very DIFFICULT until you change yourself. What we think, compels what we do and how we do it. It has an impact on us, those around us and eventually the whole world, especially in this digital era. All it takes […]
The NWSC “in-house made” Hand Sanitizer Innovation
When it comes to preventing the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, nothing beats the good old-fashioned handwashing. However, if water and soap aren’t available, your next best option, is an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that is. Sales of […]
NWSC to Boost Water Supply in the New Cities
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation’s Managing Director, Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha during the role of the new Corporate Plan, revealed plans for Water Supply improvement projects, using modular designs, for atleast 7million litres/day additional capacity per city bound to serve Ugandans for 7-10 years. Dr Silver highlighted Corporate Plan transformation initiatives which include; a resilient […]
NWSC Roles Out New Corporate Plan
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation has rolled out a new Corporate Plan 2021-2024, anchored on the country’s strategic plans; NDPIII, Government Manifesto, Vision 2040 and will focus on a number of Strategic Priority Areas namely; Industrialisation, Infrastructure Development, Skilling and Work Force Development, Private Sector Involvement and Organisational Health Sustainability. Speaking at the launch, Minister […]