Buikwe District

by April 28, 2024

The access rates in Buikwe vary from 1 % in Kiyindi TC Sub-County to 95 % in Buikwe Sub-County. Buikwe has 1,721 domestic water points which serve a total of 340,567 people – 282,558 in rural areas. 139 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Buikwe has 12 piped schemes.

Access

64^%

Rural Functionality

92^%

Equity

65

Management

97^%

Gender

94^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

KWL Kawolo 396

LTC Lugazi TC 2,679

NJJ Najjembe 216

NTC Njeru TC 1,819

KTC Kiyindi TC Unknown

BKW Buikwe 358

NJA Najja 503

NGG Ngogwe 275

NTL Nkokonjeru TC 745

SBK Ssi Bukunja 169

NYN Nyenga 540

WKS Wakisi 286

BTC Buikwe TC 694

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 64 %

Rural Access 80 %

Urban Access 32 %

BKW Buikwe 95 %

BTC Buikwe TC 95 %

KTC Kiyindi TC 1 %

KWL Kawolo 70 %

LTC Lugazi TC NWSC

NGG Ngogwe 95 %

NJA Najja 95 %

NJJ Najjembe 81 %

NTC Njeru TC NWSC

NTL Nkokonjeru TC 95 %

NYN Nyenga 61 %

SBK Ssi Bukunja 92 %

WKS Wakisi 71 %

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 64 %

Rural Access 80 %

Urban Access 32 %

BKW Buikwe 95 %

BTC Buikwe TC 95 %

KTC Kiyindi TC 1 %

KWL Kawolo 70 %

LTC Lugazi TC NWSC

NGG Ngogwe 95 %

NJA Najja 95 %

NJJ Najjembe 81 %

NTC Njeru TC NWSC

NTL Nkokonjeru TC 95 %

NYN Nyenga 61 %

SBK Ssi Bukunja 92 %

WKS Wakisi 71 %

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 92 %

Urban Functionality 93 %

BKW Buikwe 97 %

BTC Buikwe TC 92 %

KTC Kiyindi TC 100 %

KWL Kawolo 91 %

LTC Lugazi TC NWSC

NGG Ngogwe 94 %

NJA Najja 87 %

NJJ Najjembe 84 %

NTC Njeru TC NWSC

NTL Nkokonjeru TC 95 %

NYN Nyenga 88 %

SBK Ssi Bukunja 97 %

WKS Wakisi 98 %

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
BUIKWE
1 Buikwe	Rural	22,130	21,024	95%	97%	-	100%	89	-	89	15	1	16	45	4	49	11	-	11	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
2 Ngogwe	Rural	43,333	41,166	95%	94%	-	-	185	3	188	37	7	44	33	8	41	20	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	28	16	-	-	No
3 Nkokonjeru TC	Urban	11,007	10,457	95%	-	95%	-	29	-	29	8	1	9	8	2	10	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	215	-	-	No
4 Buikwe TC	Urban	20,160	19,152	95%	-	92%	-	63	-	63	10	4	14	14	7	21	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	30	55	3	10	No
5 Ssi Bukunja	Rural	31,167	28,606	92%	97%	-	-	46	1	47	10	-	10	31	3	34	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	40	6	-	-	No
6 Kiyindi TC	Urban	19,485	150	1%	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
7 Najja	Rural	53,761	51,073	95%	87%	-	-	112	2	114	17	7	24	42	8	50	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	15	52	14	-	-	No
Total		201,043	171,627	85	92	93	100	854	15	869	155	54	209	249	51	300	85	0	85	1	0	1	0	0	0	211	15	226	320	3	13	No
Lugazi M.C
1 Lugazi TC	Urban	49,126	NWSC	NWSC	-	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	Yes
2 Najjembe	Rural	40,668	32,986	81%	84%	-	-	85	1	86	6	17	23	6	8	14	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	31	-	-	-	No
3 Kawolo	Rural	50,053	34,824	70%	91%	-	-	106	2	108	10	6	16	14	7	21	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	No
Total		139,847	95,861	69	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	No
Njeru M.C
1 Njeru TC	Urban	83,653	NWSC	NWSC	-	100%	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	Yes
2 Nyenga	Rural	60,596	37,218	61%	88%	-	-	90	3	93	16	10	26	18	8	26	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	20	13	-	-	No
3 Wakisi	Rural	50,285	35,661	71%	98%	-	-	48	3	51	28	1	29	53	-	53	22	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	No
Total		194,534	73,079	38	100	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	No
District		535,424	340,567	64	92	93	100	854	15	869	157	54	211	264	55	319	89	0	89	1	0	1	0	0	0	216	15	231	320	3	13	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/Unknown	12	12	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	10	2
Surface Water Based/Unknown	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Groundwater based/Not GFS	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Unknown/GFS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown/Not GFS	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	21	20	0	0	0	13	0	3	0	12	5

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

64%

92%

65

97%

94%

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

64^%

92^%

97^%

94^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population