KYANKWANZI,UGANDA — Lessons from a week-long leadership retreat for heads of Government agencies will feed directly into how Uganda’s national water utility delivers services, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Managing Director, Dr. Silver Mugisha, has said.
Dr. Mugisha is among board chairpersons and chief executive officers attending the Public Sector Institutions Leadership Retreat at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi. The retreat opened on Sunday and will close on Friday.
He said the insights and strategies gained from the retreat will help the Corporation improve its water and sewerage service delivery systems, make infrastructure development more efficient, and deliver better value to the public.
“NWSC’s participation reflects its commitment to continuous improvement, institutional governance and alignment with national development goals,” Dr. Mugisha said.
The retreat, themed _”From Governance to Impact,”_ is organised by the Civil Service College Uganda and the Public Sector Chairpersons’ Forum. The forum was launched at the Office of the President in October 2024 to provide chairpersons of public bodies with a common platform for strategic oversight and governance.
According to Dr. Mugisha, the training is designed to strengthen the capacity of boards and chief executives to provide strategic leadership, effective governance, disciplined execution and clear accountability.
He noted that participants are expected to identify the main challenges, constraints and contradictions in public sector service delivery and agree on national priorities that can transform the public service. They are also tasked with addressing lapses in performance management and accountability, and committing to strategies that deliver measurable institutional and national results.
Sessions led by policy experts and government ministers are focusing on aligning institutional mandates with Uganda’s Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) and the Tenfold Growth Strategy, Dr. Mugisha said. Other sessions are handling board-management relations, modern board practice, climate-setting guidelines and leadership in a shifting economic environment.
The Tenfold Growth Strategy seeks to expand Uganda’s economy from nearly $50 billion in 2023 to $500 billion by 2040.
The Kyankwanzi meeting follows a similar week-long retreat held at the institute in July 2024, during which ministers and permanent secretaries examined performance gaps in the public service and their root causes, with the aim of improving service delivery.
Photo Credit: Agumeneitwe Jonathan.
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