NWSC Says Package 2B Will Close Greater Kampala’s Water Supply Gap

A 7.7-kilometre pipeline is expected to begin improving water supplies in parts of Greater Kampala by December 2026, before the wider Package 2B project is complete. The line will run from Namugongo through Bulindo, Nsasa and Mulawa to the Kira-Kasangati road.

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The demand for water in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Service Area is growing every day, and customers need answers.

Uganda’s National Water and Sewerage Corporation says the project will target recurring shortages in Namugongo, Kira, Buwaate, Bulindo, Mulawa, Kasangati and surrounding areas. The works include new transmission mains, reservoirs, booster stations and network re-zoning across northern and western Kampala.

NWSC Managing Director Eng. Dr Silver Mugisha said the utility was shifting attention from increasing production to improving distribution. Treated water from the Katosi plant is already available, but the existing network cannot deliver all of it to households. “The demand for water in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Service Area is growing every day, and customers need answers,” he said. “The project must be completed within time and budget.”

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The project must be completed within time and budget.

Katosi added 160 million litres a day when it began operating, but NWSC says the plant currently runs at roughly 52% of capacity because the network cannot carry its full output. Mugisha directed engineers to begin work on another evacuation line as the plant is designed to produce up to 240 million litres a day. “We have a lot of water at Katosi, and plans are under way to evacuate more and serve Kampala,” he said. The additional supply would also ease pressure on the older Ggaba water works.

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We have a lot of water at Katosi, and plans are under way to evacuate more and serve Kampala.