Uganda, March 20 -- The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) boss, Dr Silver Mugisha, has asked the water sector players to stop copying foreign innovations to solve local solutions without interrogating their relevance.

Delivering the keynote address at the Uganda Water and Environment Week in Kampala on March 18, Dr Mugisha advised that the country utilises its manpower to produce what suits it.

"We copy and paste even things that aren't applicable in our environment. I have seen, for example, people saying this "thing" (innovation) has worked in the UK. Let's use it here, but are the operating costs in the UK the same as ours?" Dr Mugisha asked.

He urged sector players to adopt group thinking while reflecting on the challe...