National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Managing Director Eng. Silver Mugisha has been honored for outstanding performance in the area of sanitation. He becomes the first African to win the prestigious global award after being recognized at home as an outstanding manager who took over NWSC from shambles and turned it into a progressive corporate body. He was honored with the Global Sanitation Graduate School Ambassador Award at the prestigious IHE Delft Institute for Water Education hich is based in the Netherlands. Prof. Damir Brdjanovic conferred the award to Dr. Mugisha for commitment and outstanding contributions in attaining objectives of the Global Sanitation Graduate School (GSGS).. Dr. Mugisha has been serving as a member of the Program Advisory Board for the Master of Science Program at IHE Delft, and his contribution in enhancing sanitation education in Africa haven remarkable in his four-year tenure on the board.
The institution observed that Dr. Mugisha’s made a significant contribution in promoting innovations, and positive strategies in developing human resource manpower in the field of sanitation in Africa and the world over. Dr Mugisha, who is also a board member on the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has created innovations on progressive financial sustainability and effective management turning NWSC as one of the progressive government corporate bodies. He made a presentation on his role in NWSC’s steady progress towards achieving financial sustainability, innovations, strategies in reform strategies, and the importance in collaborative partnerships. Dr.Mugisha elucidated the potential impact of enhancing NWSC’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, transitioning from a mere monitoring tool to a comprehensive operational control mechanism.
He said the advancement promises to improve operational efficiency, customer service, and manage NonRevenue Water (NRW) effectively hence demonstrating NWSC’s proactive approach to addressing environmental and financial challenges through technological innovations. Dr. Mugisha has steered NWSC through local and international collaborations in transforming waste into valuable resources, creating sustainable practices, promoting business growth and creating new employment opportunities for Ugandans. The IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the world’s leading international graduate water education institution, offering accredited MSc and Ph.D. degree programmes in collaboration with Dutch universities. Water and sanitation issues are addressed through education, research and capacity development■
