Busia District

by September 29, 2023

The access rates in Busia vary from 58 % in Masinya Sub-County to 95 % in Busitema Sub-County. Busia has 1,101 domestic water points which serve a total of 309,359 people – 263,482 in rural areas. 78 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Busia has 2 piped schemes.

Access

74^%

Rural Functionality

95^%

Equity

50

Management

80^%

Gender

85^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

MSF Masafu 350

MSB Masaba 451

LNY Lunyo 377

LMN Lumino 297

DBN Dabani 745

BTB Buteba 621

BST Busitema 376

EDV Eastern DIV 11,015

BLM Bulumbi 339

BHH Buhehe 482

WDV Western DIV 8,361

MJN Majanji 1,528

BSM Busime 446

BYN Buyanga 379

MSN Masinya 1,181

SKD Sikuda 691

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 74 %

Rural Access 76 %

Urban Access 65 %

BHH Buhehe 85 %

BLM Bulumbi 88 %

BSM Busime 64 %

BST Busitema 95 %

BTB Buteba 65 %

BYN Buyanga 92 %

DBN Dabani 70 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

LMN Lumino 94 %

LNY Lunyo 68 %

MJN Majanji 95 %

MSB Masaba 79 %

MSF Masafu 67 %

MSN Masinya 58 %

SKD Sikuda 66 %

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 74 %

Rural Access 76 %

Urban Access 65 %

BHH Buhehe 85 %

BLM Bulumbi 88 %

BSM Busime 64 %

BST Busitema 95 %

BTB Buteba 65 %

BYN Buyanga 92 %

DBN Dabani 70 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

LMN Lumino 94 %

LNY Lunyo 68 %

MJN Majanji 95 %

MSB Masaba 79 %

MSF Masafu 67 %

MSN Masinya 58 %

SKD Sikuda 66 %

WDV Western DIV NWSC

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 95 %

Urban Functionality 76 %

BHH Buhehe 94 %

BLM Bulumbi 92 %

BSM Busime 90 %

BST Busitema 94 %

BTB Buteba 84 %

BYN Buyanga 96 %

DBN Dabani 98 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

LMN Lumino 92 %

LNY Lunyo 95 %

MJN Majanji 93 %

MSB Masaba 100 %

MSF Masafu 97 %

MSN Masinya 96 %

SKD Sikuda 95 %

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
SAMIA-BUGWE
1 Bulumbi	Rural	19,663	17,318	88%	93%	-	100%	25	3	28	6	-	6	28	-	28	1	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
2 Dabani	Rural	37,539	26,224	70%	98%	-	-	47	-	47	8	-	8	43	1	44	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	No
3 Masafu	Rural	26,099	17,600	67%	97%	-	-	22	-	22	4	2	6	32	-	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	196	-	7	No
4 Sikuda	Rural	24,073	15,903	66%	95%	-	-	24	-	24	10	1	11	19	2	21	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
5 Busime	Rural	23,954	15,230	64%	91%	-	-	1	-	1	4	1	5	37	3	40	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 Buyanga	Rural	23,715	21,930	92%	97%	-	-	27	3	30	9	-	9	35	-	35	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
7 Majanji	Rural	13,943	13,246	95%	94%	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	32	2	34	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	No
8 Busitema	Rural	22,285	21,171	95%	95%	-	-	5	1	6	8	-	8	53	3	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
9 Masinya	Rural	25,860	15,050	58%	96%	-	-	19	-	19	3	1	4	27	1	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
10 Lunyo	Rural	19,306	13,224	68%	96%	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	35	1	36	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
11 Buteba	Rural	35,632	23,215	65%	85%	-	-	30	11	41	11	-	11	30	3	33	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
12 Lumino	Rural	18,948	17,812	94%	92%	-	100%	5	-	5	5	2	7	42	3	45	2	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
13 Buhehe	Rural	25,741	21,836	85%	94%	-	-	4	-	4	9	-	9	54	4	58	5	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
14 Masaba	Rural	30,151	23,724	79%	100%	-	-	6	-	6	10	-	10	58	-	58	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	No
Total		346,909	263,482	76	95	0	100	215	18	233	95	7	102	598	23	621	32	7	39	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	11	205	1	7	No
BUSIA MC
1 Western DIV	Urban	29,435	NWSC	NWSC	-	81%	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	10	2	12	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	14	-	-	-	Yes
2 Eastern DIV	Urban	41,233	NWSC	NWSC	-	73%	-	8	1	9	-	1	1	5	7	12	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	6	35	1,285	101	80	Yes
Total		70,668	45,877	65	0	76	0	13	1	14	0	1	1	15	9	24	4	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	9	49	1,285	101	80	No
District		417,577	309,359	74	95	76	100	228	19	247	95	8	103	613	32	645	36	10	46	2	0	2	0	0	0	51	9	60	1,490	102	87	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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Groundwater based/Unknown	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

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

74%

95%

50

80%

85%

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

74^%

95^%

80^%

85^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population