Busia District

by July 26, 2024

The access rates in Busia vary from 61 % in Masinya Sub-County to 95 % in Busitema Sub-County. Busia has 1,133 domestic water points which serve a total of 318,394 people – 271,656 in rural areas. 68 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Busia has 2 piped schemes.

Access

75^%

Rural Functionality

96^%

Equity

48

Management

80^%

Gender

85^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

MSF Masafu 358

MSB Masaba 461

LNY Lunyo 386

LMN Lumino 303

DBN Dabani 762

BTB Buteba 634

BST Busitema 384

EDV Eastern DIV 11,257

BLM Bulumbi 347

BHH Buhehe 493

WDV Western DIV 8,545

MJN Majanji 1,562

BSM Busime 456

BYN Buyanga 388

MSN Masinya 1,207

SKD Sikuda 706

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 75 %

Rural Access 77 %

Urban Access 65 %

BHH Buhehe 84 %

BLM Bulumbi 91 %

BSM Busime 62 %

BST Busitema 95 %

BTB Buteba 65 %

BYN Buyanga 93 %

DBN Dabani 69 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

LMN Lumino 94 %

LNY Lunyo 74 %

MJN Majanji 95 %

MSB Masaba 80 %

MSF Masafu 68 %

MSN Masinya 61 %

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 75 %

Rural Access 77 %

Urban Access 65 %

BHH Buhehe 84 %

BLM Bulumbi 91 %

BSM Busime 62 %

BST Busitema 95 %

BTB Buteba 65 %

BYN Buyanga 93 %

DBN Dabani 69 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

LMN Lumino 94 %

LNY Lunyo 74 %

MJN Majanji 95 %

MSB Masaba 80 %

MSF Masafu 68 %

MSN Masinya 61 %

SKD Sikuda 66 %

WDV Western DIV NWSC

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 96 %

Urban Functionality 76 %

BHH Buhehe 94 %

BLM Bulumbi 90 %

BSM Busime 93 %

BST Busitema 99 %

BTB Buteba 97 %

BYN Buyanga 90 %

DBN Dabani 98 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

LMN Lumino 94 %

LNY Lunyo 98 %

MJN Majanji 95 %

MSB Masaba 98 %

MSF Masafu 97 %

MSN Masinya 100 %

SKD Sikuda 97 %

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	20,095	18,218	91%	90%	-	100%	24	4	28	6	1	7	33	2	35	3	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
2 Dabani	Rural	38,363	26,524	69%	98%	-	-	46	1	47	7	1	8	49	-	49	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	No
3 Masafu	Rural	26,672	18,200	68%	97%	-	-	22	-	22	6	-	6	36	2	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	196	-	7	No
4 Sikuda	Rural	24,601	16,203	66%	97%	-	-	23	1	24	10	1	11	27	-	27	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
5 Busime	Rural	24,479	15,230	62%	93%	-	-	1	-	1	4	1	5	42	3	45	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 Buyanga	Rural	24,236	22,536	93%	90%	-	-	25	5	30	8	1	9	43	3	46	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
7 Majanji	Rural	14,249	13,537	95%	95%	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	41	2	43	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	No
8 Busitema	Rural	22,774	21,635	95%	99%	-	-	6	-	6	7	1	8	62	-	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
9 Masinya	Rural	26,428	16,250	61%	100%	-	-	19	-	19	4	-	4	37	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
10 Lunyo	Rural	19,730	14,630	74%	98%	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	47	-	47	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
11 Buteba	Rural	36,415	23,821	65%	97%	-	-	40	1	41	10	1	11	40	1	41	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
12 Lumino	Rural	19,364	18,112	94%	94%	-	100%	4	1	5	6	1	7	48	2	50	2	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
13 Buhehe	Rural	26,306	22,136	84%	94%	-	-	4	-	4	9	-	9	58	4	62	5	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
14 Masaba	Rural	30,812	24,624	80%	98%	-	-	6	-	6	10	-	10	65	1	66	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	-	-	-	No
Total		354,524	271,656	77	96	0	100	221	13	234	95	8	103	628	20	648	40	2	42	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	2	11	205	1	7	No
BUSIA MC
1 Western DIV	Urban	30,082	NWSC	NWSC	-	81%	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	10	2	12	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	14	-	-	-	Yes
2 Eastern DIV	Urban	42,139	NWSC	NWSC	-	73%	-	8	1	9	-	1	1	5	7	12	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	6	35	1,285	101	80	Yes
Total		72,221	46,738	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		426,745	318,394	75	96	76	100	234	14	248	95	9	104	643	29	672	44	5	49	2	0	2	0	0	0	49	11	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

75%

96%

48

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

75^%

96^%

80^%

85^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population