institutional aspects of slum sanitation: implication of multiple actors
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John Bosco ISUNJU
Institutional aspects of slum sanitation:
implication of multiple actors
UNESCO-IHE, Delft
&
Makerere University, Kampala
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Introduction
• Research focus: Socio-economic & Institutional
aspects of slum sanitation
• In the framework of SCUSA project www.unesco-
ihe.org/scusa
• Case study: Bwaise III parish, Kampala - Uganda
• Context: Urban poor slum settlement with a mix of
tenants and petty landlords
• Specific focus: Human excreta management
• Research methods: A mix of Qualitative & Quantitative
methods (In-depth interviews, FGDs, surveys, mapping
and literature review)
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Gov
Ministries
NWSC
KCC
INGOs, LNGOs, CBOs, Private sector
Households
Landlords/Owners
Tenants
Sanitation Actors in Kampala
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State of affairs in Kampala
• Sewer coverage is less than 8% of the City
• National Water and Sewerage Cooperation
(NWSC) – is in charge of Water supply & Sewerage
• Majority (>90%) in peri-urban Kampala use pit latrines
• On-site sanitation is considered a household
responsibility
• Kampala City Council (KCC) – monitors, enforces and
regulates on-site sanitation
• NGOs and government projects come in to fill gaps
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Institutional Challenges A lack of Enabling environment
• Fragmentation of sanitation governance among
ministries e.g. MoH, MWE, MES and MLG
• None of these ministries considers sanitation their
core mandate
Low prioritization
• Sanitation is not high on the agenda; it comes after
everything else in planning and budgeting
• Water takes a lion's share in the water & sanitation
sector
• Low funding has a ripple effect downwards up to
the user
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Institutional Challenges A lack of streamlined institutional framework for
sanitation in slums
• Weak & confusing Institutional frameworks to engage
the private sector
• Unclear boundary lines between public & private
roles in slum sanitation
• No specific working urban policy
• MoU between the line ministries does not precisely
address the sanitation crisis in slums
• Sanitation as a cross-cutting issue is said to be ‘every
one’s responsibility’, but in reality it is ‘no one’s
responsibility’.
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Institutional ChallengesA lack of streamlined institutional framework for
sanitation in slums …
• Interventions by the multiple actors are not harmonized
• Approaches used by one actor do not necessarily
complement those of other actors.
• E.g. Differences in subsidies or terms & conditions
of MoUs can impact the market/community attitude
• Politicization of the process, may frustrate the
implementation and regulation of desired sanitation
improvements
• Majority of slum households are tenants
• Often, tenants do not invest in sanitation where
they rent
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The Bwaise III case
• Tenants are the majority
• landlords construct for
tenants shared pit latrines
• The area is prone to flooding
• latrines have to be raised.
• Emptying is mostly do manually
and contents buried adjacent to
the latrine or in other cases
drained into storm drainsRaised pit latrine due to high ground water table
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Map of Bwaise III
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Aerial of Bwaise III ( 2,000 households, 40,931 p’ple, 57ha)
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Public latrines in Bwaise III
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Landlords, Tenants, & Third party
providers
• Although third-party providers are demand driven, it's
the landlords who demand on behalf of their tenants
• Such landlords must have a plot/space that is
enough to accommodate a public latrine
• Eligible landlords contribute land (20-35 year
period depending on the MoU) and are entitled
to a stance in appreciation
• Public facilities in residential areas are less
enterprising compared to those in public areas
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Implication
• Households that do have not private latrines facilities
are expected to use the public ones at a fee (UGX 100-
300) per visit
• Some landlords intentionally avoid the cost of providing
a private latrine on assumption that their tenants would
use public ones.
• Often, tenants prioritize other pressing needs for
their diminutive resources more than a better latrine
• Many opt out because they can not afford user
fees, and more so, when they have cheaper (even
if unhygienic) options
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For Sure…
Prevention is Better than Cure!