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WEX Africa 2014 Conference, 12-13 November, Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida, Morocco

Learn how NWSC Uganda drives innovation and efficiency in water and sewerage service delivery, through strategic reforms and South-South partnerships. Explore their successful initiatives and impactful collaborations.

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WEX Africa 2014 Conference, 12-13 November, Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida, Morocco

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  1. WEX Africa 2014 Conference, 12-13 November, Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida, Morocco South to South and North South Cooperation to enhance Service delivery in Utilities: The Case of the NWSC, Uganda Dr. Rose Christine Kaggwa Director Business and Scientific Services National Water and Sewerage Corporation Uganda

  2. Who are we? • National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda • Is a Public Corporation - 100% Government • Established in 1972 with a mandate to provide water and sewerage services in Urban Areas on commercial & financially viable basis • Currently serves in 66 towns • 3.4 million people served • 2,263 staff with 26% female

  3. Strategic interventions & Reforms Undertaken over the years by NWSC • Short term high impact performance improvement programmes to ensure financial sustainability • Adoption of private sector like management principles of commercialization • Increased management autonomy/decentralization • Performance contracts at all levels

  4. Strategic interventions & Reforms Undertaken over the years by NWSC …./2 • Staff restructuring aimed at aligning available skills with the increased mandate of the corporation • Programmes for Infrastructure service delivery, water stabilization & water quality service improvement to increase accessibility & reliability • Stakeholder engagement (water community clubs, school water & sanitation clubs)

  5. Strategic interventions & Reforms Undertaken over the years by NWSC …./3 • Capital investment e.g. 1st faecal sludge treatment unit commissioned 2014 with capacity 5000m3/day, new water works 240,000 m3/day for Kampala

  6. Strategic interventions & Reforms Undertaken over the years by NWSC …./4 • Enhanced services to the poor - pre paid meters, - sanitation facilities

  7. NWSC Performance

  8. The NWSC External Services Unit What the ESU does • Share knowledge and expertise with the external market by utilizing in-house capabilities and expertise thus enhancing South-South as well as North-South Cooperation. • Creation of synergies within utility providers that are result in an uplift of performance thereby providing the basis for sustainable operations in the long-term.

  9. ESU Services and Product Portfolio

  10. ESU Partnerships Renewed focus within NWSC towards becoming a learning institution

  11. ESU Partnerships – Some Examples • Performance based contracting & change management in Tanzania (DAWASCO & TANESCO), Northern Uganda, Nigeria (OGIWASCO), Trinidad & Tobago (WASA), Zambia (Nkana & Lusaka Water) • Institutional Strengthening and Strategic Planning in South Sudan (SSUWC), India (Water Services Providers in Mahastra), Rwanda (Electrogaz/EWSA), Ethiopia (HWSA), • Capacity Building/Training in Kenya (KIWASCO, NAWASCO, SIBO), Tanzania (MULWASA, BUWSA), Ethiopia (HWSA) • Benchmarking (several African utilities including Yemen,Bangaladesh, Pakistan from Asia)

  12. ESU Strategic Partners/Clients • World Bank • GiZ • USAID • UNESCO – IHE, The Netherlands • Consulaqua, Germany • UN HABITAT • International Water Association (IWA) • AgroParisTech (France) • VitensEvides International, The Netherlands • Kagga & Partners, Uganda

  13. Opportunities • The NWSC as an operator has the knowledge, experience and skill to assist utilities in the south deal with the challenges they face. • The NWSC has tested and tried solutions that have worked and can be easily be scaled up. • There is urgent demand in the region. • For real success to be registered interventions in utilities must be coupled with investments.

  14. Opportunities…/2 • Dynamic business environment and rapidly changing technologies mean that NWSC and ESU have to keep pace otherwise become irrelevant hence the need for further enhancement of NWSC’s own capacities.

  15. Thank you for your attention

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