Road, Water & Sanitation

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 source	Number
Protected springs	1057
Shallow wells	53
Deep boreholes	63
Yard taps for public use	623
Water kiosks	15
Public stand posts	155
Rain water harvesting tanks	117
Valley tanks	10
Total	2093

Functionality of water sources in Kanungu district by subcounty

	Functional	Non functional	Total
Kambuga	97	12	109
Kanungu TC	87	7	94
Kanyantorogo	88	7	95
Kayonza	106	7	113
Kinaaba	37	1	38
Kihihi	14	1	15
Kirima	132	5	137
Mpungu	53	1	54
Nyamirama	60	2	62
Rugyeyo	117	6	123
Rutenga	70	4	74
KihihI TC	40	3	43
Butogota TC	24	1	25
Nyakinoni	18	1	19
Katete	25	0	25
Nyanga	9	0	9
Kambuga TC	21	1	22
Total	998	59	1057

Main source of water and sanitary facility by subcounty

Sub county	Total HHs	Unprotected Source of drinking water	protected Source of drinking water	Improved Toilet   facility	Un-improved Toilet   facility	No Toilet   facility
Butogota TC	2.675	599	1742	452	1869	20
Nyanga	5.522	2962	1870	439	8319	74
Kambuga	1.528	510	827	235	1092	10
KambugaTC	4.017	1084	2431	1158	2329	28
Kanungu TC	4.617	1598	2442	361	3640	39
Kanyantorogo	1.830	764	837	96	1482	23
Katete	6.544	1988	3738	327	5279	120
Kayonza	4.546	2373	1605	426	3521	31
Kihiihi	5.347	1328	3351	701	3947	31
Kihiihi TC	2.216	898	1041	158	1778	3
Kinaaba	4.425	1935	1937	471	3366	35
Kirima	3.062	969	1710	61	2566	52
Mpungu	2.270	917	1069	313	1647	26
Nyakinoni	4.759	1704	2460	452	3673	39
Nyamirama	1.914	1170	505	260	1401	14
Rugyeyo	5.363	1907	2786	883	3788	22
Rutenga	3.488	1309	1743	1465	1547	40
Total	64.123	24015	32094	8258	47244	607

Latrine coverage in Kanungu District

Sub county	Latrine coverage (%)	HWFs (%)
Mpungu	88	32
Kayonza	91	43
Kanyantorogo	96	67
Kihiihi	91	39
Nyanga	89	35
Nyamirama	93	35
Nyakinoni	90	35
Katete	89	35
Kambuga	98	69
Rugyeyo	90	40
Rutenga	92	39
Kinaaba	90	29
Kirima	93	39
Butogota TC	89	25
Kanungu TC	95	29
Kambuga TC	93	30
Kihiihi TC	94	31