NGOs as software providers in Uganda: lessons from Kichwamba pilot project, Kabarole district

In a bid to improve the competence, efficiency and effectiveness of PAF funded programmes, leading to accelerated and quality delivery of services to the end user in the water sector, Government sought out the involvement of NGO’s/CBO’S and the private sector in the development of the rural water and sanitation sector. This is envisaged to entrench the current gains, thereby maximizing benefits from the water sector through strengthening the software component of rural water and sanitation projects. Under this strategy, through HEWASA programme involvement, government implemented a pilot software component project on the Kicwamba gravity flow scheme whose findings are documented in this paper.