Gvt commitment to water provision inadequate

GOVERNMENT’s financial commitment to water is insufficient to deal with growing water borne-diseases outbreaks, a lobby group has said.

The Community Water Alliance National chairperson, Hildaberta Rwambiwa, this week said “the paltry 0,4 % of the whole National Budget” set aside for water is insufficient to address challenges that include the outbreak of typhoid and provision of potable water by local authorities countrywide.

“The infrastructure and utility cluster is mainly funded through loans and public-private partnerships. Financial contributions, therefore, in this area, are mainly loans for dams’ construction as well as partnerships with private companies, who will be looking for business opportunities,” she said

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