Parly administration should account

It has come to light that while the rest of the population are paying exorbitant water and electricity charges, Members of Parliament (MPs) are enjoying them for free.

This has been going on for years and we are aware it is not the legislators’ own doing but the National Assembly administration. And the National Assembly has the audacity to say the MPs will pay back the bills. How absurd! How will they force the MPs to back pay the bills when they are no meters boxes for electricity and water consumption at the Parliamentary village?

Why were those houses built without the necessary water and electricity meter boxes? Our take is that this was a clear intention to rob the poor Batswana who are forced to pay their bills without fail. And the water and power authorities are always impatient with defaulters, an average consumer can attest to that. Water Utilities Corporation and Botswana Power Corporation take delight in cutting services for defaulters.

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