Kapchorwa District

by April 28, 2024

The access rates in Kapchorwa vary from 47 % in Western Div Sub-County to 95 % in Tegeres Sub-County. Kapchorwa has 763 domestic water points which serve a total of 118,359 people – 102,505 in rural areas. 126 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Kapchorwa has 8 piped schemes.

Access

79^%

Rural Functionality

83^%

Equity

70

Management

95^%

Gender

90^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

KBY Kabeywa 114

STC Sipi TC Unknown

SPI Sipi 1,275

KWW Kawowo 390

KSR Kaserem 924

KPT Kaptanya 197

KTC Central Div 2,860

CHM Chema 377

AMK Amukol 955

CHP Chepteret 1,581

KPC Eastern Div 787

KPS Kapsinda 354

KAT Western Div 826

MNR Munarya 231

TGR Tegeres 186

GMG Gamogo 998

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 79 %

Rural Access 79 %

Urban Access 79 %

AMK Amukol 95 %

CHM Chema 92 %

CHP Chepteret 57 %

GMG Gamogo 95 %

KAT Western Div 47 %

KBY Kabeywa 95 %

KPC Eastern Div 90 %

KPS Kapsinda 62 %

KPT Kaptanya 95 %

KSR Kaserem 95 %

KTC Central Div 95 %

KWW Kawowo 59 %

MNR Munarya 95 %

SPI Sipi 95 %

STC Sipi TC NWSC

TGR Tegeres 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 79 %

Rural Access 79 %

Urban Access 79 %

AMK Amukol 95 %

CHM Chema 92 %

CHP Chepteret 57 %

GMG Gamogo 95 %

KAT Western Div 47 %

KBY Kabeywa 95 %

KPC Eastern Div 90 %

KPS Kapsinda 62 %

KPT Kaptanya 95 %

KSR Kaserem 95 %

KTC Central Div 95 %

KWW Kawowo 59 %

MNR Munarya 95 %

SPI Sipi 95 %

STC Sipi TC NWSC

TGR Tegeres 95 %

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 83 %

Urban Functionality 87 %

AMK Amukol 69 %

CHM Chema 87 %

CHP Chepteret 100 %

GMG Gamogo 59 %

KAT Western Div 100 %

KBY Kabeywa 87 %

KPC Eastern Div 86 %

KPS Kapsinda 81 %

KPT Kaptanya 78 %

KSR Kaserem 71 %

KTC Central Div 86 %

KWW Kawowo 93 %

MNR Munarya 66 %

SPI Sipi 82 %

STC Sipi TC NWSC

TGR Tegeres 92 %

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
Tingey
1 Sipi TC	Urban	3,680	NWSC	NWSC	-	100%	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Gamogo	Rural	4,299	4,084	95%	59%	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	14	21	-	-	-	No
3 Kawowo	Rural	8,836	5,250	59%	93%	-	-	17	1	18	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	No
4 Sipi	Rural	6,090	5,786	95%	82%	-	-	27	6	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	13	108	-	14	No
5 Amukol	Rural	4,896	4,651	95%	69%	-	-	12	3	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	14	-	-	-	No
6 Kapsinda	Rural	9,552	5,903	62%	81%	-	-	20	2	22	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	-	-	No
7 Kaserem	Rural	5,970	5,672	95%	72%	-	-	17	1	18	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	16	-	-	-	No
8 Tegeres	Rural	11,455	10,882	95%	92%	-	-	25	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	5	45	-	-	-	No
9 Munarya	Rural	7,164	6,806	95%	66%	-	-	19	3	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	28	-	-	-	No
10 Chema	Rural	11,224	10,306	92%	87%	-	-	41	6	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	6	-	-	-	No
11 Kabeywa	Rural	6,806	6,466	95%	87%	-	-	21	2	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	7	42	-	-	-	No
12 Chepteret	Rural	5,254	3,000	57%	100%	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	No
13 Kaptanya	Rural	9,313	8,847	95%	78%	-	-	21	6	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	7	36	-	-	-	No
Total		94,539	77,852	82	81	100	0	246	30	276	1	0	1	1	1	2	9	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	172	70	242	108	0	14	No
Kapchorwa MC
1 Eastern Div	Rural	14,448	13,053	90%	86%	-	-	32	1	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	9	43	-	-	-	No
2 Central Div	Urban	16,478	15,654	95%	-	86%	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	12	82	396	121	58	No
3 Western Div	Rural	25,194	11,800	47%	100%	-	-	41	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	24	-	-	-	No
Total		56,120	40,507	72	92	86	0	78	1	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	128	21	149	396	121	58	No
District		150,659	118,359	79	83	87	0	324	31	355	1	0	1	1	1	2	10	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	91	391	504	121	72	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
Unknown/GFS	8	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Surface Water Based/GFS	9	7	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	2	0
Unknown/Not GFS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	18	15	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	2	0

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

79%

83%

70

95%

90%

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

79^%

83^%

95^%

90^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population