Community initiatives and safe water provision in Midia Sub County, Koboko District-Uganda
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2016-11
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Kampala International University.College of Humanities and social science
Abstract
The topic of the study was community initiatives and safe water provision in Midia Subcounty: a case study of Midia sub-county in Koboko district. The objectives of the study
were: to examine the various community initiatives in the provision of safe water in
Midia Sub-county, Koboko district; to establish factors that influence the effectiveness
of community initiatives in safe water provision and to assess the challenges faced by
community initiatives in safe water provision in Midia Sub-county., This research
employed descriptive designs such as cross sectional design and also used case study
design. The findings revealed the following: ,local leadership works in conjunction with
the political authorities to provide safe water which indicates that there is need to have
a good conjunction between local leadership and political authorities; that government
officials liaise with local leaders in drawing interventions in community water provision
and financing for safe water provision is in line with the local initiatives set up by the
community and that Community initiative is important in ensuring equitable distribution
and access to water resources. It can be concluded that local leadership works in
conjunction with the political authorities to provide safe water which indicates that
there is need to have a good conjunction between local leadership and political
authorities. It can also be concluded that government officials liaise with local leaders
in drawing interventions in community water provision and financing for safe water
provision is in line with the local initiatives set up by the community. And that
Community initiative is important in ensuring equitable distribution and access to water
resources. The researcher recommends to the government that it should emphasize
these factors that have influence on co:nmunity initiatives for safe water provision so as
to enable provision of safe water to the community; it should put rules and regulations
that govern proper use of the water by the community members should come up with
ways of how to involve community in the activities that concerns provision of water;
regular meetings should be put in place to discuss about maintenance of water
sources; provision technical personnel who has knowledge in water maintenance so as
to be looking after the water sources.
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Research report submitted to the Directorate of Higher Degrees and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of Project Planning and Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Community, Initiatives, Safe water, provision