It’s 2026 and over two billion people still lack safe drinking water. Parliaments write the laws and pass the budgets that can accelerate progress. We help legislators lead.
Legislators draft laws, vote on budgets, and hold governments accountable. When parliamentarians organise around water, the results are stronger laws, increased funding, and accelerated progress toward safe water for all.
2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water. The global water sector has been dominated by technical approaches, underweighting the critical role of the legislative branch in driving change.
Parliamentary Water Caucuses are cross-party groups of legislators who collaborate to pass water legislation, increase budgets, and hold ministries accountable for water service delivery.
Successful caucuses are built on three pillars: elected parliamentarians, technical ministry officials, and civil society leadership. This collaboration drives trust, alignment, and results.
GPWN has registered a UN SDG Partnership commitment to work across several countries to launch and strengthen water caucuses, targeting SDGs 2, 3, 6, 16, and 17.
Seven countries have established parliamentary water caucuses, with more than a dozen others in various stages of formation.
Model caucus. Founded by Hon. Jacqueline Amongin. Passed first MHM motion in Parliament. Hosted Presidential Dialogue on Water (Oct 2024).
Successfully advocated for establishing the National Water Commission. Secured water budget line in the National Budget. Pushing for formal Standing Committee.
First-ever parliamentary water caucus in Pakistan. Unanimously approved by the Senate. Chaired by Senator Saadia Abbasi.
Signed MoU with NGO Water Forum. Proposed SADC Regional Water Parliamentary Network. Chaired by Hon. Twaambo Mutinta.
Bipartisan caucus providing oversight and advocacy on water as central to U.S. and global health and national security.
Cross-party group with WaterAid as secretariat. Joint inquiry on water and antimicrobial resistance. Active in Parliament.
President Kiir signed Heads of State Water Compact—first African country. $56M earmarked for water strategy.
Outcome document from the 10th World Water Forum. 216 parliamentarians from 43 countries pledging legislative action on water.
Sanitation and Water for All guide helping legislators advance the human rights to water and sanitation.
Human rights and the potential of Parliamentary Water Caucuses—the case for legislative engagement worldwide.
Hon. Jacqueline Amongin on the development of Parliamentary Water Caucuses. Published by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
AI guides and training developed for those in Parliament.
216 parliamentarians from 43 countries pledge to promote laws supporting sustainable water management and allocate sufficient budgets. Bali, Indonesia.
Zambia's Parliamentary Caucus on Water formalises partnership at Parliament Buildings, Lusaka. Proposes SADC Regional Water Parliamentary Network.
UPF-Water convenes high-level stakeholders under the theme “Building Resilient Communities: Prioritizing Water Financing and Investment.”
Historic engagement between Zambia NGO Water Forum and South Africa’s Parliament Portfolio Committee catalyses regional legislative action on water.
Honorable Silas Aogon is the Member of Parliament for Kumi Municipality, Kumi District, in the Parliament of Uganda. First elected in 2016 as an independent, he was re-elected in 2021 and again in January 2026, making him a three-term parliamentarian. A Certified Public Accountant of Uganda with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting, Hon. Aogon served eight years in public service as an accountant before entering politics. In Parliament, he has served on the Committees of Natural Resources and Environment, Public Service, Government Assurances and Implementation, Agriculture, and Public Accounts (Central Government). He also chairs the ruling-party-leaning Independents in Parliament.
Since 2021, Hon. Aogon has served as Chairperson of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, one of the longest-standing and most active parliamentary water caucuses in the world, with over 142 members. In this role, he has advocated for increased water sector budgets and greater accountability in service delivery. In November 2025, he represented the Deputy Speaker at the launch of World Vision Uganda’s $48.7 million water and sanitation plan spanning 41 districts. He is also a member of the Uganda Parliamentary Alliance on Food and Nutrition and the Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection, and he championed the National Legal Aid Bill in 2022.
Honorable Thomas Alexander Goshua II is a Member of the House of Representatives in the 55th Liberian Legislature, representing Electoral District #5, Grand Bassa County, now serving his second term. He holds a Baccalaureate degree (Cum Laude) in Economics from the Liberia Christian College and a Graduate degree in Finance from the Cuttington University Graduate Program. With over twenty-four years of professional experience as an accountant, auditor, administrator, and banker, Rep. Goshua brings deep financial expertise to his legislative work. In the House of Representatives, he serves on the Committees on Drugs, Rehabilitation & Reintegration (Chairman); Water and Sanitation Hygiene & Environment (Co-Chairman); State Owned Enterprises (Secretary); Post & Telecommunications; and Maritime. He formerly chaired the Grand Bassa Legislative Caucus and serves as National Vice Chairman for Political and International Affairs of the Alternative National Congress (ANC).
Rep. Goshua is Chairman of the WASH Legislative Caucus in the Liberian Legislature. He is also Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Gbokpadyu Foundation Inc., a local NGO promoting peace, unity, reconciliation, development, WASH initiatives, education, medical outreach, and drug abuse awareness and advocacy in Grand Bassa County and beyond, with activities aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. He is a member of LIONS Clubs International, providing community service through the Paynesville Orient Lions Club.
Former Member of Parliament • Former Minister of Water and Sanitation, Malawi
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Executive Director, Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network
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Temple Chukwuemeka Oraeki is a Water and Environmental Engineer and International Development Consultant with over 15 years of experience advancing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems, climate policy, and inclusive water governance across Nigeria and globally. He holds a Master’s degree with Distinction in Water and Environmental Engineering from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom and a first degree in Chemistry from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He currently serves as Thematic Co-Lead at the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), an Advisor on Human Rights-Based Approaches at Alliance Sufosec, a Technical Expert on Youth and Gender Inclusion at AMCOW, and a Governing Committee Member at the International Water Association (IWA) Nigeria.
Oraeki is Co-Founder of the Network of Water Rights Initiative (NEWARI), a coalition of over 20 grassroots organizations committed to mobilizing and sensitizing communities to know and demand their rights to water and sanitation through the #ClaimYourWaterRights Campaign. Through NEWARI, he has been instrumental in initiating a WASH Parliamentary Caucus in Enugu State, Nigeria — a landmark civil society-driven effort to institutionalize legislative accountability for water and sanitation service delivery at the sub-national level.
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John Oldfield is CEO at Accelerate Global, LLC, advising non-profit, corporate, and government clients in their efforts to rapidly and sustainably accelerate progress toward water, health, security, climate, gender, and environment goals. He has also recently launched the Global Parliamentary Water Network.
From 2017–2021 he was the Managing Principal at Global Water 2020. He is an internationally recognized expert in global water security. He has testified before the U.S. Congress several times and has been published and interviewed in CNN, The Hill, USA Today, Forbes, NPR, New Security Beat, Circle of Blue, The Guardian, and Inside Philanthropy.
Previously, John was the CEO of Water Advocates, encouraging the entire U.S. government to elevate and integrate global water security across the U.S. foreign policy and national security architecture. He also successfully influenced the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2020, requiring the U.S. intelligence community to “report on the implications of water insecurity on the national security interests of the United States.”