Serere District

by May 15, 2025

The access rates in Serere vary from 42 % in Kadungulu Sub-County to 95 % in Bugondo Sub-County. Serere has 1,106 domestic water points which serve a total of 307,623 people – 252,363 in rural areas. 98 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Serere has 2 piped schemes.

Access

61^%

Rural Functionality

93^%

Equity

100

Management

64^%

Gender

97^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

KTC Kasilo TC 484

KDT Kidetok TC Unknown

KTT Kateta 303

KYR Kyere 374

KDT Kadungulu TC Unknown

KDN Kadungulu 229

OLO Olio 341

Ocaapa TC Unknown

Kagwara TC Unknown

Kyere Town Council Unknown

ATR Atiira 259

BGN Bugondo 233

STC Serere TC 523

PNG Pingire 197

LBR Labori 247

Population figures are projections to the above mentioned date based on UBOS census 2014 and district growth rates. Population density is calculated on land area only. Boundaries reflect the preliminary status only.

Access to Safe Water

20 %		60 %

	40 %		80 %

Total Access 61 %

Rural Access 65 %

Urban Access 45 %

Kagwara TC NWSC

Kyere Town Council NWSC

Ocaapa TC NWSC

ATR Atiira 84 %

BGN Bugondo 95 %

KDN Kadungulu 42 %

KDT Kadungulu TC 62 %

KDT Kidetok TC 95 %

KTC Kasilo TC 95 %

KTT Kateta 68 %

KYR Kyere 45 %

LBR Labori 69 %

OLO Olio 62 %

PNG Pingire 68 %

STC Serere TC 95 %

Access to safe water is the ratio of people served by a safe water point and piped water supply to the total population.
The calculation is based on an estimated number of people per water point type. Maximum access rate can be 95%.

Access to Safe Water

20 %		60 %

	40 %		80 %

Total Access 61 %

Rural Access 65 %

Urban Access 45 %

Kagwara TC NWSC

Kyere Town Council NWSC

Ocaapa TC NWSC

ATR Atiira 84 %

BGN Bugondo 95 %

KDN Kadungulu 42 %

KDT Kadungulu TC 62 %

KDT Kidetok TC 95 %

KTC Kasilo TC 95 %

KTT Kateta 68 %

KYR Kyere 45 %

LBR Labori 69 %

OLO Olio 62 %

PNG Pingire 68 %

STC Serere TC 95 %

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 93 %

Urban Functionality 83 %

Kagwara TC NWSC

Kyere Town Council NWSC

Ocaapa TC NWSC

ATR Atiira 89 %

BGN Bugondo 95 %

KDN Kadungulu 92 %

KDT Kadungulu TC 89 %

KDT Kidetok TC 77 %

KTC Kasilo TC 79 %

KTT Kateta 91 %

KYR Kyere 93 %

LBR Labori 89 %

OLO Olio 100 %

PNG Pingire 92 %

STC Serere TC 77 %

Functionality is the ratio of functional water sources to all water sources. Sources not operating for five or more years are assumed to be abandoned, and hence are not included in the calculation.

People served per technology

Reasons for non-functionality

Type of Management

Source of Funding

District Water Supply Summary

Sub-County	Urban/ Rural	Population	Population Served	Access	Functionality			Point Water Sources																					Piped Water Systems
					Functionality			Protected springs			Shallow wells			Deep boreholes			Rainwater harvesting tanks			Dams			Valley tanks			PSP/Kiosk, Tap stands			YT	HH	IC	NWSC
					R	U	WfP	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	YT	HH	IC	NWSC
KASILO
1 Kidetok TC	Urban	10,193	9,683	95%	-	77%	100%	2	3	5	8	1	9	30	6	36	1	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	12	No
2 Labori	Rural	29,011	20,118	69%	89%	-	-	-	-	-	23	3	26	38	3	41	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Kasilo TC	Urban	5,097	4,842	95%	-	79%	-	2	-	2	4	2	6	7	2	9	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	51	2	8	No
4 Bugondo	Rural	51,619	49,038	95%	95%	-	100%	2	-	2	44	-	44	124	9	133	12	-	12	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	No
5 Pingire	Rural	40,119	27,206	68%	92%	-	-	1	-	1	41	4	45	42	3	45	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
Total		136,039	110,888	82	93	78	100	7	3	10	120	10	130	241	23	264	16	4	20	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	80	2	24	No
SERERE
1 Kyere Town Council	Urban	10,011	NWSC	NWSC	-	92%	-	2	-	2	4	2	6	15	-	15	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Olio	Rural	50,434	31,342	62%	100%	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	16	83	-	83	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	6	16	No
3 Kyere	Rural	75,271	34,224	45%	93%	-	-	11	1	12	23	5	28	77	1	78	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
4 Kadungulu TC	Urban	13,052	8,100	62%	-	89%	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	22	1	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
5 Atiira	Rural	28,765	24,300	84%	89%	-	-	3	-	3	11	1	12	59	8	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 Serere TC	Urban	12,165	11,557	95%	-	77%	-	3	-	3	6	4	10	31	8	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	8	15	No
7 Kagwara TC	Urban	8,110	NWSC	NWSC	-	88%	-	-	-	-	9	1	10	9	2	11	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	Yes
8 Kadungulu	Rural	33,961	14,106	42%	92%	-	-	-	-	-	12	1	13	32	2	34	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
9 Ocaapa TC	Urban	63,993	NWSC	NWSC	-	93%	-	1	1	2	6	-	6	18	1	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
10 Kateta	Rural	76,665	52,030	68%	91%	-	-	3	-	3	39	10	49	116	5	121	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	5	4	No
Total		372,427	196,735	53	93	86	0	23	2	25	128	26	154	462	28	490	9	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	387	19	35	No
District		508,466	307,623	61	93	83	100	30	5	35	248	36	284	703	51	754	25	6	31	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	467	21	59	No

F = Functional; NF = Non-Functional; Tot = Total; YT = Yard Tap; HH = Household Connections; IC = Institutional Connections

Piped Water Supply Systems

Type of Scheme/GFS	Number of Schemes	Functionality of System			Type of Management					WB in place
Type of Scheme/GFS	Number of Schemes	Functional	Non-Functional	Partially Functional	Private Operator	WSC	Private/Individual	NWSC	Other	Yes	No
Groundwater based/Not GFS	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Groundwater based/Unknown	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	0
Unknown/Not GFS	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0

GFS = Gravity Flow Scheme; WB = Water Board; WSC = Water Source Committee

61%

93%

100

64%

97%

Population Density (people/km2) and Population

Access to Safe Water

Access to Safe Water

Functionality of Point Water Sources

People served per technology

Reasons for non-functionality

Type of Management

Source of Funding

District Water Supply Summary

Piped Water Supply Systems

61^%

93^%

64^%

97^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population