Kabarole\ndistrict health inspector Oliver Tumuhairwe revealed that open defecation\naround the source of river Mpanga in Karangura Sub-County has greatly\ncontributed towards the contamination of about 60% of the water used by the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our\nwater contamination level has gone as high as 69% and we have to work hard and\nmake sure that we reverse that situation. When you go to our OPD you find cases\nof diarrhoea,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nexplained that only 15% of the\nhomesteads in the district have the recommended standard latrines while another\n19% have no toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nmade the revelation during the commissioning of a newly improved toilets system\nin the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nhave not reported cases of cholera in Kabarole district in more than 20 years now\nbut we are still at risk when we see that 69% of the sources of water are contaminated,\u201d\nshe noted<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nfurther added: “So the remaining percentage of 19% out of 100% don\u2019t have latrines\nat all, those ones we assume that they are using open defecation,”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nalso said that hand washings after latrine use is only at 10% which exposes\ngreat risk of contracting diarrheal diseases such dysentery, typhoid, cholera\namong others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Richard\nRwabuhinga, the LC5 Kabarole district said it is important for the community to\nalways protect the ground water from\nall sort of contamination as one way of mitigating associated challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe ash is available, the ash also kills\nbacteria in the faeces and finally the faeces are used as manure within our\nfields so it is such a cross cutting\ntechnology that also boosts agriculture in the other hand as well as sanitation\nissues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kabarole district health inspector Oliver Tumuhairwe revealed that open defecation around the source of river Mpanga in Karangura Sub-County has greatly contributed towards the contamination of about 60% of the water used by the community. “Our water contamination level has gone as high as 69% and we have to work hard and make sure that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":12328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n