During Uganda’s Water Week in March 2023, at a side event in the Ministry of Water and Environment organized by WaterAid Uganda, parliamentarians and district leaders were reminded that Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene matters are as important as national security and servicing the debts that Ugandans accumulate every year. This is warranted because there has been a significant decrease in the allocation of funds to the water sector. According to the UN Children’s agency UNICEF, in the financial year of 2018/19, the water budget was slashed from UGX 1,266 billion to UGX 765 billion. In the financial year of 2019/2020, the water and environment sector accounted for 3.0% of the national budget, down from 5.0% in 2018/19.