Works and technical services
The department comprises of two sectors (Roads and Technical Services and Rural Water and Sanitation).
The department also ensures proper quality in design, construction, inspection and maintenance of all Local Administration building structures.
MANDATE
The Department is charged with the following responsibilities: ·
- Maintenance, rehabilitation and construction of Public infrastructure like roads, bridges, water supply systems and buildings.
- Maintenance of vehicles, plants and road equipment ·Supply of safe water
DEPARTMENT CONTACT
workskanungu@gmail.com
Roads
There are several categories of road networks including trunk roads managed by the Central Government, feeder roads managed by the district and town councils, and community roads that are maintained by community members. The District has a total of approximately 482.9 km of trunk roads, of which 274km are district feeder roads and 37.4km are sub-county community access roads. A total of 59.3km of district feeder roads are in good condition. Works on tarmacking Rukungiri-Ishasha-Kanungu Road are under way.
Water and sanitation in Kanungu district
Water sources in Kanungu district
Safe water sources in Kanungu district
Type of safer water source Number
Protected springs 1057
Shallow wells 53
Deep boreholes 63
Yard taps for public use 623
Water kiosks 15
Public stand posts 155
Rain water harvesting tanks 117
Valley tanks 10
Total 2093
Source; www.wsdb.mwe,go.ug
Table 12: Functionality of water sources in Kanungu district by subcounty
Functional Non functional Total Functional Non functional Total Functional Nonfunctional Total functional Nonfunctional Total
Kambuga 97 12 109 0 1 1 5 12 17 8 2 10
Kanungu TC 87 7 94 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 11
Kanyantorogo 88 7 95 4 0 4 2 2 4 10 0 10
Kayonza 106 7 113 3 0 3 1 0 1 9 0 9
Kinaaba 37 1 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Kihihi 14 1 15 5 1 6 3 3 6 5 1 6
Kirima 132 5 137 1 0 1 1 0 1 13 0 13
Mpungu 53 1 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Nyamirama 60 2 62 11 1 12 2 0 2 6 1 7
Rugyeyo 117 6 123 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 5 12
Rutenga 70 4 74 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
KihihI TC 40 3 43 9 1 10 5 1 6 0 0 0
Butogota TC 24 1 25 5 0 5 4 1 5 0 0 0
Nyakinoni 18 1 19 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 1 7
Katete 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 5
Nyanga 9 0 9 5 3 8 0 1 1 11 4 15
Kambuga TC 21 1 22 0 0 0 6 9 15 0 0 0
Total 998 59 1057 45 8 53 31 32 63 100 17 117
Main source of water and sanitary facility by subcounty

Sub-county
Total HHs Source of drinking water Toilet facility
Unprotected protected Improved Un-improved No facility
Butogota TC 2.675 599 1742 452 1869 20
Nyanga 5.522 2962 1870 439 8319 74
Kambuga 1.528 510 827 235 1092 10
KambugaTC 4.017 1084 2431 1158 2329 28
Kanungu TC 4.617 1598 2442 361 3640 39
Kanyantorogo 1.830 764 837 96 1482 23
Katete 6.544 1988 3738 327 5279 120
Kayonza 4.546 2373 1605 426 3521 31
Kihiihi 5.347 1328 3351 701 3947 31
Kihiihi TC 2.216 898 1041 158 1778 3
Kinaaba 4.425 1935 1937 471 3366 35
Kirima 3.062 969 1710 61 2566 52
Mpungu 2.270 917 1069 313 1647 26
Nyakinoni 4.759 1704 2460 452 3673 39
Nyamirama 1.914 1170 505 260 1401 14
Rugyeyo 5.363 1907 2786 883 3788 22
Rutenga 3.488 1309 1743 1465 1547 40
Total 64.123
24015 32094 8258 47244 607

Latrine coverage in Kanungu district
Latrine coverage per subcounty
Sub county Latrine coverage (%) HWFs (%)
Mpungu 88 32
Kayonza 91 43
Kanyantorogo 96 67
Kihiihi 91 39
Nyanga 89 35
Nyamirama 93 35
Nyakinoni 90 35
Katete 89 35
Kambuga 98 69
Rugyeyo 90 40
Rutenga 92 39
Kinaaba 90 29
Kirima 93 39
Butogota TC 89 25
Kanungu TC 95 29
Kambuga TC 93 30
Kihiihi TC 94 31

Source: Kanungu District software report 2016