Road, Water & Sanitation

His Excellence Y.K. Museveni launching NWSC water project in Kanungu district

There are several categories of road networks including trunk roads managed by the Central Government, feeder roads managed by the district and town councils, and community roads that are maintained by community members. The District has a total of approximately 482.9 km of trunk roads, of which 274km are district feeder roads and 37.4km are sub-county community access roads. A total of 59.3km of district feeder roads are in good condition. Works on tarmacking Rukungiri-Ishasha-Kanungu Road are under way.

  1. Routine maintenance and rehabilitation of roads are executed by the district annually. By maintaining roads, Kanungu District aims at improving access to social service, facilities (schools and Health Units), tourist sites and marketing of agricultural produce, in the district. Road interventions include manual routine maintenance by road gangs as well as mechanized routine maintenance through use of district machinery and equipments.
  2. Construction (opening of new roads) to improve market access for agricultural produce and enhance rural household incomes, and to connect to commercial and social service centers. The following are some the rural feeder road projects. 
  3. Providing access to improved water sources by construction of new water points in rural areas.
  4. Rehabilitation and repair of broken water sources, maintaining water sources by fencing and ensuring functionality of water user committees

Water sources in Kanungu district

The number and type of protected water sources in Kanungu district are indicated in Table 6 while point water sources per subcounty are shown in Table 11. Main sources of water and sanitary facilities are indicated in Table 13 while latrine coverage in Kanungu District is shown in Table 14.

Table 11: Safe water sources in Kanungu district

Type of safer water sourceNumber
Protected springs1057
Shallow wells53
Deep boreholes63
Yard taps for public use623
Water kiosks15
Public stand posts155
Rain water harvesting tanks117
Valley tanks10
Total 2093 
Source; www.wsdb.mwe,go.ug

Functionality of water sources in Kanungu district by subcounty

FunctionalNon functional            Total
Kambuga9712109
Kanungu TC87794
Kanyantorogo88795
Kayonza1067113
Kinaaba37138
Kihihi14115
Kirima1325137
Mpungu53154
Nyamirama60262
Rugyeyo1176123
Rutenga70474
KihihI TC40343
Butogota TC24125
Nyakinoni18119
Katete25025
Nyanga909
Kambuga TC21122
Total998591057

Main source of water and sanitary facility by subcounty

Sub countyTotal HHsUnprotected Source of drinking waterprotected Source of drinking waterImproved Toilet   facilityUn-improved Toilet   facilityNo Toilet   facility
       
Butogota TC2.6755991742452186920
Nyanga5.52229621870439831974
Kambuga1.528510827235109210
KambugaTC4.017108424311158232928
Kanungu TC4.61715982442361364039
Kanyantorogo1.83076483796148223
Katete6.544198837383275279120
Kayonza4.54623731605426352131
Kihiihi5.34713283351701394731
Kihiihi TC2.216898104115817783
Kinaaba4.42519351937471336635
Kirima3.062969171061256652
Mpungu2.2709171069313164726
Nyakinoni4.75917042460452367339
Nyamirama1.9141170505260140114
Rugyeyo5.36319072786883378822
Rutenga3.488130917431465154740
Total64.1232401532094825847244607

Latrine coverage in Kanungu District

Sub countyLatrine coverage (%)HWFs (%)
Mpungu8832
Kayonza9143
Kanyantorogo9667
Kihiihi9139
Nyanga8935
Nyamirama9335
Nyakinoni9035
Katete8935
Kambuga9869
Rugyeyo9040
Rutenga9239
Kinaaba9029
Kirima9339
Butogota TC8925
Kanungu TC9529
Kambuga TC9330
Kihiihi TC9431  
Source: Kanungu District software report 2016