Uganda, March 11 -- Ms Florence Kharunda, a resident of Bunanimi village, Nabongo sub-county in Bulambuli District, has endured water challenges for most of her young, youthful and adult life.

The 52-year-old says her family has been relying on a nearby borehole, but when it gets spoilt, they are forced to buy four jerry cans at Shs1,000 from men who fetch water on bicycles.

"Because the borehole is located near a primary, secondary school and sub-county, we had to time when to fetch water, and that would be when the pupils and students are in class," she said in an interview on Wednesday.

But even then, Ms Kharunda says, borehole water once fetched, had to be used within between three and four days lest it got contaminated. "That woul...