WHY WATER STORTAGE IN KISINGA AND KYONDO SUB COUNTIES-KASESE DISTRICT!

From the monitoring audit conducted by Good Hope (Focal person & monitors), Local council leaders both at village, parish, sub county officials on 25th/ 6/ 2010, it was discovered that almost all Gravity flow scheme projects serving Kisinga Sub County have their sources in Kyondo Sub County for instance Takwenda and Nyamulhalire schemes in Bulighisa village, Kasokero Parish, Kyondo sub county. During this monitoring visit a lot of gaps were revealed with contributory factors by different stakeholders.
Takwenda source was constructed in 1990 by the Anglican diocese and Nyamulhalire source, constructed in 2004 by Kagando rural development centre (KARUDEC).
All the above sources have enough water to serve the whole of Kyondo and Kisinga Sub counties maximamly. Despite of this capacity, Citizens of Kyondo still crave in vain for adequate water supply.
In 2004, Takwenda and Nyamulhalire sources were merged to form one commonly known as Bulighisa GFS by KARUDEC.
SITUATION IN KASOKERO PARISH.
1. Given the above capacity, Bulighisa village only has three tap stands , one fully functioning, another one on and off and the third one completely unfunctional.
2. On average, a citizen travels 2kms to the nearest tap stand given the hilly nature of the area.
PROBLEM
1. Water volume is more than the size of the pipes used at the source to the tap stands down.
2. 3Quarter pipes used instead of 1.5 pipes.
3. Air sucking pipes not distributed on the line from the source to the tap stands.
4. Pipe from the tank at the source is above the minimum level of water volume (not at zero bottom).
5. Leaking tank at the source.
6. No funds identified by the sub county to facilitate the plumber.
7. Poor monitoring by kyondo local government and water user committees’ members.
OUTCOMES
1. Tank over flow due to under sized pipes as compared to the water volume.
2. On and off water flow at tap stands due to tank over flow and high pressure in the pipes.
3. Lack of ownership by citizens in the parish because they do not benefit from the source as care takers.
4. Tank at the source, over flowing and a 3 qtr pipe instead of 1.5inche pipe supplying all tap stands down the line.
5. Standing near is the sub county water board c/person.
6. Professional advice must have lacked here, and monitoring gap by leaders and civilians!
The impact of lack of pressure regulating pipes causing on and off water flow.

WAY FORWARD.
• The sub county water board chairperson together with other sub county officials committed themselves to organize thorough re-election of new water user committees in the sub county which they said the current members had over stayed on power and no longer interested in serving their community.
• The sub county chief tasked the chair person water board to urgently spearhead the costing of requirements that may be handled by the sub county through the plumber, to be considered in the sub county budget.
• The sub county officials and local council one leaders of Bwethe and Bulighisa committed themselves to urgently organize a follow up visit to KARUDEC about the promise they made of allocating more tap stands to Bulighisa and Bwethe villages in order to enhance community ownership.
PREPARED BY,
SINAMAKOSA ISAAC
Project focal person.