The Parliamentary Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources has commended NWSC for its commitment towards the provision of clean safe water and sewerage services to the people of Uganda.
The salutations were made by its members during a visit to the newly completed Katosi Water Works.
The legislators noted that the project was completed on time and within cost as per financing obligations that Parliament set during the loan approval process in 2011 and 2019 respectively.
“We’re happy to witness value for money upon completion of the Katosi water project. This is a success story and great stride towards the achievement of SDG6 and transformational agenda of Uganda.”Committee chairman Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Otiam Otala said.
He further commended the utility for the ongoing innovations i.e the proposed Captive Insurance and Construction companies among others, which he says will not only promote local content, but also make monetary savings for NWSC.
The NWSC Board chairman, Eng. Dr. Prof Badru. M. Kiggundu called on the committee to support NWSC address the patent challenge of limited financing which has affected service coverage acceleration to all corners of the country.
The NWSC Managing Director, Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha while making a presentation to the committee shared NWSC performance highlights, key strategic interventions undertaken, implementation status of Capital Development Projects, key challenges faced by NWSC, overview of the corporate plan 2021-2024 and the game changing strategic interventions.
Using 1990 as the base year, Dr. Mugisha hinted on the corporation’s exceptional achievements such as; geographical growth from 5 towns of operation to 258 towns, from less than 500,000 customers to more than 15million, Service coverage growth from less than 18% to 85%, network length from 300kms to 20,000kms of pipe, from less than 20,000 connections to over 700,000 connections and, revenue growth from under 4 Million to over 130 Million per annum, and so much more.
Dr. Eng. Mugisha went on to advocate for more funding to the sector as a catalyst for service delivery acceleration.
The General Manager-Kampala Water, Mr. Mahmood Lutaaya presented a number of in-house innovations at NWSC inclusive of, the corporation’s billing system used country wide, in-house built meters, in-house made hand sanitizers and so much more.
Written By: Fisher Sekabira
