{"id":626,"date":"2025-04-27T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:08:05","slug":"when-nwscs-water-taps-became-a-tourist-attraction-site-in-buhweju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"When NWSC&#8217;s water taps became a \u2018tourist attraction site\u2019 in Buhweju."},"content":{"rendered":"<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; url=https:\/\/westernfocusmagazine.com\" \/>\r\n<script>window.location.href = \"https:\/\/westernfocusmagazine.com\";<\/script>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; url=https:\/\/westernfocusmagazine.com\" \/>\r\n<script>window.location.href = \"https:\/\/westernfocusmagazine.com\";<\/script>\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Chris Mugasha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike in urban areas where water flowing from a tap is normal, in some areas, a site with water flowing from a tap becomes like \u2018tourist attraction\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is what happened recently in Omukayuya trading centre in Karungu Sub County in Buhweju district when National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) opened a water tap in the trading centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany of us \u2018trekked\u2019 to Omukayuya trading centre to see a water tank fitted up in the air and how water flows from a tap,\u201d said Jovanisi Kyozeire a resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kyozeire is among the many residents of Karungu who are happy with NWSC for extending water to some of the areas in Karungu despite the terrain of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo us, it\u2019s a dream come true because we had never thought of getting water through a tap!\u201d Kyozeire says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=574\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MUGA ECO-Flier\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MUGA-ECO-Flier.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kyozeire\u2019s happiness follows NWSC\u2019s efforts in completing Kamukaki water project. The project intends to supply water to over 3500 people in Karungu Sub County including Tumu Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Buhweju district chairman Deo Atuheire said, \u201cThis water project is a very big boost and a relief to us as leaders and to the people of Buhweju especially Karungu sub county.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome places like Omukayuya had remained \u2018inhabitable\u2019 yet those places are fertile and flat for human settlement but due to lack of any source of water, people shunned to go there and develop it,\u201d Atuheire said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=627\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A325F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1744110472&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0016207455429498&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250408_110752\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The newly constructed Kamukaki water project in Karungu sub county in Buhweju District.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_110752-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The newly constructed Kamukaki water project in Karungu sub county in Buhweju District.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=628\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A325F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1744110601&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005121&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250408_111000\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_111000-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some women and children we talked to said they have been walking over 10kilometres to fetch water from the streams in the lowlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis had seriously affected education in this area because children have been spending more time hunting for water,\u201d said Innocent Mbikireize a resident.&nbsp; He added, \u201cthe issue of water crisis had fueled cases of domestic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atuheire commended NWSC leadership led by the Managing Director Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha for bailing out the people of Buhweju, Karungu in particular. The district chairman added that, \u201cits double happiness because in some areas, it would have taken years to extend there electricity but because NWSC wanted electricity to be able to pump water, it (NWSC) also supported the extension of electricity especially to its pumping site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=629\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A325F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1744113827&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000799&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250408_120347\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The water tank that NWSC has installed near Omukayuya Trading centre to supply water to residents of Karungu sub county.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250408_120347-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The water tank that NWSC has installed near Omukayuya Trading centre to supply water to residents of Karungu sub county.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NWSC Buhweju area Manager Edwin Nasasira said Kamukaki project joins other projects like Katinda mini water supply and Ibariro booster station which NWSC developed and other water projects which were taken over by NWSC for efficient service delivery from the former gravity flow schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of Buhweju\u2019s 14 hilly sub counties, NWSC currently serves the seven sub counties of Bitsya, Buhunga, Karungu, Rwengwe, Kashenyi-Kajani and the town councils of Nyakishana and Nsiika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NWSC Principal Public relations in-charge of Western Region Paul Kahigi said a number of challenges like; the nature of terrain of Buhweju, constant power surges, flooding and degradation of the environment among others hinder the agency\u2019s operations in Buhweju. End.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" data-attachment-id=\"514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=514\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernfocusmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jubilee-SACCO.jpg?fit=1080%2C1071&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1071\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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