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The Official in Ministry of Water and Environment committed to speed up the safe water extension process by 2030.
Eng. Ian Arebahona, the Principal Engineer at the Ministry made the reassurance last Thursday while presiding over the commissioning of Big Size Stone Masonry Rainwater Harvesting Tanks at School for Life Foundation, Mbazzi in Muduuma Sub-County, Mpigi District.
"Safe water coverage in rural areas stands at 70%. Plans are to have 100% coverage by 2040. However, the Ministry doesn't have funding to reach every household. These pockets (30%) can be bridged by rainwater," he said.
He however stressed that in order to achieve the above by 2030, priorities of rural people will have to change in a bid to speed up the safe water extension process.
He said the Big Size Stone Masonry Rainwater Harvesting Tanks technology comes in handy in the country' s interest to achieve Universal Access to Safe and clean water.
That said, he warned: "We need a very frank discussion on the quality, cost and affordability. We (Ministry is ready to take keen interest in the service-per-person-cost."
Yunia Musazizi, the Executive Director, Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network while giving her address gave thumps-up to UMURDA adding that as UWASNET, they will work with the Muslim organization in scaling the innovation to the rest of the country.
