African congress hears of budget cuts for water and sanitation

摘要

The 15th African International Water Congress, held recently in Kampala, Uganda, heard that despite government pledges to increase their national budgets for water and sanitation to 5% for water and 0.5% for sanitation, in practice many are cutting their funding.rnWorld Bank energy, transport and water director, Dr Jamal Sahir, noted: 'Senegal and Uganda have commendably improved water coverage, but it is unfortunate tornhear the water budget in Uganda dropped from 4% to below 2%.'