In 2015, the government of Uganda
injected sh25 billion in the Alwi dry corridor
water project in an effort to improve access
to water in 10 sub counties of Nebbi and
Pakwach districts. This was an initiative
by The Ministry of Water and Environment
to supply water to the people of Nebbi
and ensure sanitation in the area but this
has since failed to be realised in 2018.
The project was designed to benefit the
people of Nebbi and Pakwach through
gravity flow scheme after Vambeco, the
contractor handing it over to ministry of
Water last year. It was then handed over to
Northern umbrella for water and sanitation
but their operations failed to reach
peoples’ expectations of increased water
connections in various villages

Luckily enough for the two districts, mid-2018, the Africa
Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) with support from
the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) under a project
‘Improving social service delivery to citizens through open
contracting in Uganda’ which was intended to improve
the livelihood of citizens based on open contracting;
community members and members of the civil society
were trained on their right to information, access to that
information, open contracting and other accountability
mechanisms. Community members were also encouraged
to file information requests should on key issues they need
clarity on regarding service delivery.


It is from these trainings that Kasamba, the motivator at
Nile Dove, a civil society organization based in Nebbi
district, filled a request to Nebbi District to access the
information on the water project. Throughout this story, we
share the story of boldness and how the use of the right
to access to information has been harnessed to improve
service delivery and overall social accountability. Download detailed document