Innocent K. Tumwebaze, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich

1. Households’ access to safe water and improved sanitation in urban slum settlements: case of Kampala’s slums, Uganda Innocent K. Tumwebaze, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich Email: kamara.innocent@gmail.com , kamarainnocent.tumwebaze@uzh.ch, innocent.kamara@eawag.ch Figure 2: Access to sanitation facilities in Kampala’s slums, 2010 Introduction The increase in Kampala City’s urban population has stimulated exponential growth of informal settlements. Increase in slum population with less access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation is a public health threat. This study aimed to assess slum inhabitants’ access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation. Empirical evidence provided through this study can inform relevant policy formulation and appropriate interventions. • Methodology • Cross-sectional study conducted in 2010 across 50 randomly selected urban slums in Kampala. • 1500 household respondents interviewed. • Data collected using semi-structured household questionnaires, supplemented by an observational checklist. • Figure 2. Implications and other key findings • 90% of respondents have access to on-site sanitation facilities. • Only 20% of the households’ use shared toilets. • About 70% of the facilities are traditional pit latrines with a slab. • Only 47% of the facilities are clean enough to use • 52% of the respondents not satisfied with the facilities they use. • 41% of the traditional pit latrines with a slab been in use for more than 5 years Figure. 1: Location of surveyed slums Figure 3: Satisfaction and cleanliness of sanitation facilities in Kampala’s slums, 2010 Table 1: Main sources of drinking water in Kampala’s slums, 2010 Source: Kampala Policy brief, 2011 • Table 1. Implications and other key findings • 85.4% of households have access to piped water. • 68% of household families that use public piped water are tenants. • 59% of household families that use private piped water live in their own houses. • 61% of household respondents using unprotected wells are tenants • 68% of household families using unprotected wells use simple pit latrines as their sanitation facilities For more information Tumwebaze, K. I., Orach, C., Niwagaba, C., Lüthi, C., Mosler, H.J. (2012) Sanitation facilities in Kampala slums, Uganda: users’ satisfaction and determinant factors, International Journal of Environmental Health Research. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09603123.2012.713095 Tumwebaze., K. Innocent., Horst., Alexandra., Lüthi., Christoph., 2012. Interdisciplinary research on urban sanitation in Kampala’s slum settlements – Preliminary results. Sandec: Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries News, No. 13, Eawag. http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/sandec/publikationen/general/dl/sandec_news_13.pdf Günther Isabel., Horst Alexandra., Lüthi Christoph., Mosler Hans-Joachim., Niwagaba B. Charles., Tumwebaze K. Innocent., 2011. Where do Kampala’s poor “go”? Urban sanitation conditions in Kampala’s low-income areas. Research for Policy. http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/sandec/publikationen/sesp/dl/kampala.pdf Acknowledgements NCCR North-South, Eawag / Sandec, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Mosler, Eawag, Prof. Dr. Jonas Klaus, University of Zurich, Dr. Christoph Lüthi, Eawag, Dr. Charles Niwagaba, Makerere University 2012 Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation, October 29 – 2nd November 2012, UNC, Chapel Hill