Govt injects sh900m in L.Albert shores water project
‘‘We expect to complete the project by December,” said Mukidi.
Hoima district chairperson Uthuman Mugisha Mubarak (third right) with other leaders. The water project has cost about shillings 926 million. (Photos by Peter Abaanabasazi)
By Peter Abaanabasazi
Journalists @New Vision
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Lake Albert shores residents are all smiles after the Government invested shillings 926 million into the construction of a water project.
The water project at Kibanda village in Kiganja sub-county will supply water to households in over eight villages, including Kibito, Kiryandongo, Kigwara, Kiryemiya Kabwabwa, Kiganja and Kihungura. It will also serve public institutions such as schools, worshipping places and Kiganja sub-county headquarters and police.
The multimillion piped water project is implemented by the Hoima district local government with support from the Government under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program Project for Uganda (UgIFT) programme to address the challenges of water shortage.
According to district water officer Dean Mukidi, the project, which is in the third phase, has cost about shillings 926 million. Under the project, a reservoir well has been drilled in Kibito village and construction of 75,000 litre tank is ongoing in Kibanda village, Kiganja sub-county.
leaders posing for a photo at the tank which is being constructed.
‘‘We expect to complete the project by December,” he said during an inspection exercise on the project on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, led by Hoima district chairperson Uthuman Mugisha Mubarak.
Mugisha commended the Government for supporting the project, saying residents have been depending on unsafe water from Lake Albert.
Richard Katusabe, a resident of Kibito village, was optimistic that once the project is completed on time, it will help them access clean and safe water.
He noted that the entire Kiganja sub-county has depended on two boreholes which are not enough to meet the water demands for both domestic consumption and agriculture production.
He added that they have been sharing unsafe water sources with wild animals.