The county government of Busia has allocated Sh124 million to address the acute water shortage problem in the three subcounties of Teso North, Samia, and Butula.
The water projects will see over 100,000 households, including learning institutions, quench their thirst with clean water at their doorsteps.
In Samia Sub-county, the county set aside Sh37 million for the rehabilitation of the Busijo Water project at the shores of Lake Victoria, Bwiri ward, an area that has faced perennial water scarcity despite its close proximity to Lake Victoria, the third largest freshwater lake in the world.
Residents of Samia and Bunyala sub-counties have disclosed that access to clean water for domestic use is still a challenge and that they were forced to use the untreated water they fetch from the lake, which often exposed them to the risk of water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, and amoeba.
