Plug the leaks
Friday, December 15, 2017
WUC is quite unpopular particularly among urban consumers whose higher level of tariff subsidises rural consumers and who have no alternative supply other than the Corporation’s often shaky distribution.
A closer look at the WUC however reveals a formerly profitable and efficient parastatal, worn ragged by the addition of an almost unfair mandate and with insufficient support from its sole shareholder, government. The WUC troubles today hark back to the 2009 Water Sector Reform Programme under which the utility took over national water supply, with scant attention paid to complexities around the tariff differentials, costs of the expanded distribution, maintenance, staff complement and others.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...