Soroti District

by March 30, 2025

The access rates in Soroti vary from 43 % in Aukot Sub-County to 95 % in Soroti Sub-County. Soroti has 1,123 domestic water points which serve a total of 296,191 people – 277,182 in rural areas. 152 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Soroti has 1 piped schemes.

Access

61^%

Rural Functionality

87^%

Equity

111

Management

90^%

Gender

88^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

EDV Eastern DIV 7,949

ASR Asuret 381

Ocokican Unknown

Aukot Unknown

Awaliwal Unknown

Tubur Town Council Unknown

ARP Arapai 247

TBR Tubur 241

GWR Gweri 140

KMD Kamuda 274

KTN Katine 248

WDV Western DIV 2,330

NDV Northern DIV 1,486

SRT Soroti 570

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 69 %

Urban Access 23 %

Aukot 43 %

Ocokican 95 %

Awaliwal 61 %

Tubur Town Council NWSC

ARP Arapai 54 %

ASR Asuret 49 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

GWR Gweri 65 %

KMD Kamuda 85 %

KTN Katine 95 %

NDV Northern DIV NWSC

SRT Soroti 95 %

TBR Tubur 73 %

WDV Western DIV NWSC

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 69 %

Urban Access 23 %

Aukot 43 %

Ocokican 95 %

Awaliwal 61 %

Tubur Town Council NWSC

ARP Arapai 54 %

ASR Asuret 49 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

GWR Gweri 65 %

KMD Kamuda 85 %

KTN Katine 95 %

NDV Northern DIV NWSC

SRT Soroti 95 %

TBR Tubur 73 %

WDV Western DIV NWSC

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 87 %

Urban Functionality 85 %

Aukot 88 %

Ocokican 88 %

Awaliwal 99 %

Tubur Town Council NWSC

ARP Arapai 83 %

ASR Asuret 90 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

GWR Gweri 87 %

KMD Kamuda 81 %

KTN Katine 88 %

NDV Northern DIV NWSC

SRT Soroti 91 %

TBR Tubur 75 %

WDV Western DIV NWSC

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
SOROTI
1 Tubur Town Council	Urban	13,653	NWSC	NWSC	-	88%	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	13	3	16	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Tubur	Rural	32,023	23,315	73%	75%	-	-	14	5	19	3	2	5	46	14	60	2	1	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Katine	Rural	47,786	45,397	95%	88%	-	33%	2	2	4	11	5	16	110	9	119	18	3	21	1	2	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
4 Asuret	Rural	67,396	33,083	49%	90%	-	-	7	3	10	27	3	30	68	5	73	6	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
5 Awaliwal	Rural	34,629	21,018	61%	99%	-	100%	6	-	6	9	-	9	56	1	57	3	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 Kamuda	Rural	50,516	42,786	85%	81%	-	-	6	6	12	16	10	26	100	8	108	1	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
7 Gweri	Rural	34,008	22,092	65%	87%	-	-	3	-	3	12	2	14	52	5	57	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
8 Ocokican	Rural	14,522	13,796	95%	88%	-	-	6	1	7	14	1	15	39	4	43	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
9 Aukot	Rural	30,533	13,221	43%	88%	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	8	33	3	36	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
10 Soroti	Rural	34,257	32,544	95%	91%	-	100%	20	2	22	24	3	27	50	6	56	7	1	8	2	-	2	-	-	-	29	1	30	-	-	-	No
11 Arapai	Rural	55,109	29,930	54%	83%	-	100%	5	8	13	9	7	16	71	4	75	5	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
Total		414,432	282,218	68	87	85	60	71	31	102	134	34	168	673	65	738	58	21	79	5	4	9	1	0	1	34	1	35	0	0	0	No
SOROTI M.C
1 Western DIV	Urban	16,602	NWSC	NWSC	-	82%	50%	-	1	1	-	-	-	17	2	19	1	1	2	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Eastern DIV	Urban	26,308	NWSC	NWSC	-	85%	-	1	3	4	2	-	2	19	1	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
3 Northern DIV	Urban	26,819	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	5	37	Yes
Total		69,729	13,973	20	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	5	37	No
District		484,161	296,191	61	87	85	60	71	31	102	134	34	168	674	65	739	58	21	79	5	4	9	1	0	1	34	1	35	55	5	37	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
Surface Water Based/Not GFS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Unknown/Not GFS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

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

61%

87%

111

90%

88%

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^%

87^%

90^%

88^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population