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Download fileIs urban water sector reform in Uganda pro-poor?
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Sam KayagaWater service coverage to the urban areas of Uganda is
one of the lowest in Africa, estimated at about 25% of the
total urban population at the turn of the century. Sewerage
coverage is far less. As a result, the government commissioned
a study to explore the best option to reform the
water sector with an objective of achieving universal coverage
by the year 2015. The consultants came up with a
final report in 2001, in which they proposed a single lease
contract for a group of 33 larger towns, and management
contracts for smaller towns. This paper critiques the proposals,
and concludes that there are inadequate mechanisms
put in place to serve the urban poor.
History
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)