1 million to benefit as NWSC launches UGX 370 billion water project in Greater Kampala – The Kampala Report

The Government of Uganda through NWSC has completed plans to launch a UGX 373 billion water project aimed at improving water supply in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA).

The much sought after project, funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), will involve the rehabilitation, restructuring, rezoning, and extension of the water supply network in the region.

The project, which is part of the Kampala Water Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation (KW-LV WATSAN) project, will see the construction of 71km of primary network pipelines, three booster stations, and three reservoirs with a combined capacity of 13.5 million litres.

The project is expected to benefit an additional 1 million people in areas such as Kira, Kasangati, Kanyanya, Gayaza Road, Kitezi, Kawanda, Matugga, Kawempe, Nansana, Mutungo, Bweyogere, and Wakiso, among others. This will take the total population served in GKMA to 6 million.

While signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the contractor, Sogea Satom, on Friday, the NWSC Managing Director, Eng Silver Mugisha, said the project aims to address the prevailing water distribution challenges in the GKMA, which have limited the utilization of the Katosi Water Treatment Plant’s capacity.

The plant, which was commissioned in December 2022, has a capacity to supply up to 160 million liters of water per day, but Eng Mugisha said only 52% of this capacity is currently being utilized due to insufficient water distribution capacity.

Eng Mugisha urged them to execute the work within the time frame and budget.

“We don’t like cost overruns and time overruns. That is what builds the relationship with us because for us we trust you now based on the goodwill and good actions you have done in good faith consistently over a long period of time,” he said.

Mr  Marc Grechi, the country director for Sogeya Satom Company in Uganda,  said: “We are fully committed as a contractor to deliver this project in due time and quality, as we have been doing on other projects.”