8 VILLAGES IN PEMBA, WALIA AND ZAWA FACE WATER ISSUES
Our Pemba Reporter
Eight villages on Pemba Island have lacked clean and safe water service while complaining to the Zanzibar Water Authority for failing to solve the water problem in their villages.
The villages lacking water are in Micheweni District, North Pemba Region.
Speaking at different times, citizens have said that the water service is not reliable, it is a random situation that causes them to experience inconvenience.
More than 6,000 residents in the villages of Kichekwani, Nduaga, Tundumwe, Mkunguni, Msasani and Momogu do not have clean and safe water.
The residents have said that they have to buy water that they use for cooking and drinking.
The residents use sea water for washing dishes and other activities.
Kurata Bakar Said said that ZAWA’s water service has become scarce and they do not know when they will get rid of the water crisis.
Fatma Mohamed Awadhi has said that ZAWA water has become precious to them while their canals have remained an ornament in their homes.
The sheriff of Shumba Urban Sheriff, Rahila Ramadhan Juma has said that there are many complaints from citizens about the lack of water service.
“In fact, ZAWA’s water service in my Shehia is a chronic problem, there are people who buy water, those who can’t afford it use sea water” said Sheha Rahila.
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