The programme was implemented between 2016 and 2021. Financed with a $91.98 million loan from the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, the programme benefited a total of 834,894 people versus an initial target of 753,000. The beneficiaries include 541,070 people in rural areas and 293,824 in small towns.

“Overall, the project has made satisfactory progress towards achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 6,” the report notes. “It has contributed significantly to Uganda’s national goals of ensuring access to water and sanitation services for all. The installations will be able to efficiently incorporate all planned connections over the lifespan of the systems.”

Eight major gravity-flow systems were completed, with 14,426 connections serving nearly 346,224 people. The Lukalu-Kabasanda system, in particular, is 92% complete, with 370 connections serving 13,272 people. The Orom system is 90% complete, with 142 connections serving 3,408 people. Thirty solar-powered mini-networks have been constructed, with 125 water points serving approximately 9,500 people.

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