Ahabwe, G. Z., Ssewaya, A., Batega, D. W., & Kayaga, S. (2024). Misalignments in prepaid water technology: findings from urban poor settings of Kampala, Uganda
Ahabwe, G. Z., Ssewaya, A., Batega, D. W., & Kayaga, S. (2024). Misalignments in prepaid water technology: findings from urban poor settings of Kampala, Uganda
"Governance conundrum in pursuit of the human right to water and sanitation: tracking the progress of the leave-no-one-behind principle in Uganda"
"The Government of Uganda is a party to numerous international and national commitments, laws and regulatory frameworks to deliver the socio-economic transformation of its citizens. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) commit states, Uganda inclusive, to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030. According to the SDG 6 resolutions, the rights to water and sanitation are legally binding upon states, which have the primary responsibility to ensure their full realization, including unserved and under-served areas. While the SDGs came into force after 2015, it is not clear the extent to which Uganda s policies, legal instruments and practice are aligned to the SDGs. A…
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Enhancing livelihoods of the urban poor through productive uses of utility-supplied water services – Evidence from Kampala, Uganda
Slums, one of the main faces of urban poverty, are escalating in Sub-Saharan countries and other developing countries. Achievement of the overly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals will require cross-sectoral interventions. A good example is the Multiple Use water Services (MUS) framework, a livelihood-centred approach that is implemented in rural areas of over twenty countries, where water supply primarily designed for domestic or irrigation purposes is also used for productive uses (e.g. animal husbandry) to improve householders livelihoods. This paper reports on a study conducted in 2017/18 in Kampala (Uganda) which adapted the existing rural-based MUS framework into a slum-…
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Achieving Basic Sanitation for All Slum Dwellers
Safeguarding public health and well-being of slum dwellers among others requires provision of basic sanitation and safe water supply. The ill health associated with deficits in sanitation undermines productivity and economic growth, reinforcing the deep inequalities that characterise current patterns of globalisation and trapping vulnerable households in cycles of poverty. With huge financial investments, different technically appropriate sanitation approaches in the high density peri-urban areas have been adopted over time to improve sanitation; however their institutional appropriateness for sustainable achievements remains a challenge. Using on the ?Health Belief Model?, it analyses…
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