AfDB support for Uganda water projects, Tanzanian governance

26th February 2016

By: Mia Breytenbach

Creamer Media Deputy Editor: Features

  

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $91-million loan to Uganda for the provision of clean water and improved sanitation in the country and a $16.1-million loan to finance the Tanzania Institutional Support Project for Good Governance (ISPGG III).

The water supply and sanitation programme II (WSSP II) for Uganda is a follow-up of the ongoing WSSP I. The WSSP II targets 1.43-million people and will contribute to Uganda’s 2040 vision of having “transformed society from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country within 30 years.”

The programme will comprise three com-ponents: rural water supply and sanitation, urban/or small towns water supply and sanitation and sector programme support, according to the bank’s environmental and social management framework summary.

The key objectives of the programme are to improve access to sustainable safe water supply and sanitation facilities, improve hygienic practices and awareness, as well as improve management and functionality of water supply and sanitation services, according to the general procurement notice.

Direct impacts of this project will include a reduction in the average walking distance to the nearest water point, as well as a reduction in time spent fetching water at congested water points.

AfDB water and sanitation department director Mohamed El-Azizi, who presented the WSSP II to the board, notes that the AfDB’s inter-vention is in line with its High 5s with particular emphasis on improving the quality of life for African people.

“Implementation of this project will help improve health and productivity of Ugandan populations and have positive social and gender payoffs, as well as a more conducive work environment in the towns and rural growth centres,” El-Azizi says, explaining that the country’s national objective is to reach water and sanitation coverage for all.

The bank’s board members underscored the relevance of the project, which they said is good news for every Ugandan, as government prioritises water security and good sanitation as a driver of change.

The group’s experience in Uganda’s water sector dates back to 1968. AfDB has maintained steady investments and implementation in the water sector throughout this period.

Tanzania Investment
The Tanzania ISPGG III project aims to support the Tanzania government in promoting inclusive growth and macroeconomic stability by enhancing economic and financial governance through more effective public financial manage-ment and an improved business environment.

By supporting government’s public finan- cial management (PFM) reform agenda, this project will contribute to efforts geared towards enhancing capacity, and improving accountability, transparency and integrity in the management of public resources.

The project will also contribute to an improve-ment in the business-enabling environment by strengthening capacity to fight corruption, the streamlining of business registration and licensing processes and operationalisation of the public–private partnership framework.

AfDB governance, economic and financial management department director Jacob Mukete notes that “the project builds upon bank-supported capacity building and PFM reforms in Tanzania”.

The project also complements the ongoing power-sector reform and governance support programme and the public financial management reform programme, or PFMRP IV. These are supported by other development partners through basket funding.

The AfDB has provided support to Tanzania’s governance institutions through two preceding interventions, the ISPGG I and II.

These interventions have contributed to significant improvements in public financial management, particularly in the areas of pub- lic procurement, anticorruption and external audit.

The follow-up operation will build on those achievements and contributes to preparing Tanzania to meet new and emerging challenges in public-sector management.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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