Evaluation of existing services in Bushenyi and a comparison of the enabling environment with Kampala
The enabling environment is a set of functions that create conditions to enable government and
partners to deliver sanitation services. It heavily influences the development of the sanitation
services and the sanitation service chain (SSC) in urban areas. It is generally thought that this is weaker in smaller towns, yet as seen in the limited literature, little emphasis has been put on the enabling environment in small towns. The general focus has been on larger towns and cities. With this research, we demonstrate that the enabling environment in small towns is unique and different from that in bigger towns.
This study was carried out in the Bushenyi Ishaka Municipal Council (BIMC), a small town in
western Uganda. The town has typical characteristics with other small towns in the Western region. The excreta flow diagram (SFD) methodology was used to determine the baseline of the existing sanitation situation and enabling environment. Additionally, a city service delivery assessment (CSDA) was carried out to assess this enabling environment. Using these tools, a
comparison was able to be drawn between the enabling environments of the small town (BIMC) and a city in the same country, in this case Kampala.
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