The Impact of Access to Clean Water on the Health of the People in Kabamba Sub County.

Abstract

The research about “The Impact of Access to Clean Water on the Health of the People in Kabamba Sub County” was carried out in Rugarambiro village, Rusekere Parish, Kabamba Sub-County in Kagadi district with a purpose of finding out why the residents of Rugarambiro Village do not have access to clean water. The research design was employed using both qualitative and quantitates research techniques taking Rugarambiro as a case study. With a sample of 319 people from 48 households, Qualitative research was used to collect data using an interview guide and a questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Excel. Quantitative research method was used to represent the information using statistics in table and pie chart format. This helped the research team identify the sources of water in the village, methods used in cleaning water sources, diseases affecting the community members and strategies for improving access to clean water. The research found out that Rugarambiro village has one borehole, 6 open wells and rain water harvesting as the main sources of water, these water sources are cleaned through slashing around and draining the wells for clean water. Flu and cough are the most common disease in Rugarambiro village followed by Malaria Typhoid, Brucellosis and Cholera. Lobbying for water sources by the local, technical and political leaders at all levels of intervention and holding community meetings for planning on how to improve the water sources through working together are the strategies for attaining clean water according to the respondents. The study recommends conducting more research in other parts of Kagadi districts because Rugarambiro’s population is less to represent the whole of Kabamba Sub County and Kagadi District as a whole