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Water demand skyrockets, calls for more funding

"Our total unmet demand will then rise from 3.7 Million Cubic Meters per year to 1,651 Million Cubic Meters per year in this period under climate change; and in most months’; water shortages will be enormous," Cheptoris stated.

Sam Cheptoris, Water and Environment minister addressing delegates during the opening of the 2nd Africa water supply and sanitation regulators conference in Munyonyo. (Photos by Juliet Kasirye)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Without proper investment in water supply and sanitation, Uganda will continue to experience water scarcity, according to the Minister of Water and Environment, Sam Cheptoris.

The minister

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