KISORO:NWSC to fulfill presidential pledge of extending Nkanka water to Nyakagezi village in Rukundo town council

 Story by Kamusime Banabasi

Peter Ariho

-National Water and Sewerage Corporation Kisoro is to extend Nkanka water supply to Nyakagezi cell, Northern Ward in Rukundo town council according to the area Manager, Ariho Peter.

Nyakagezi cell suffers a great water challenge all year round despite being the source of Nkanka waters that supply water in other parts of the district.

While commissioning the Nkanka project in 2021, the president pledged that locals would be provided with a public tap stand as an appreciation for supporting a government project yet they are not first beneficiaries of it.

However, no development about the matter had been realised in the area since then which also forced the Kisoro Resident district commissioner, Hajji Shafiq Ssekandi to write to National Water Kisoro in February this year asking the area manager to fulfil the pledge.

Speaking to voice of Muhabura today, Ariho Peter, the Manager of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Kisoro area said that water pipes for supplying water in this cell have been procured and work will commence next week.

He noted that the process of this water connection will take three weeks. Ariho added that the corporation will not be doing any other water extension in the district because it has no capacity due to a huge debt of over 650 million shillings.

Meanwhile he says that water demand has highly increased during this dry spell leading to low pressures in some parts.

He added that to overcome low pressure challenges, the water booster at Bukara in Bunagana town council has been added to a prepaid system of electricity  to enhance water supply in the Virunga areas of Nyarusiza, Muramba, Chahi, Nyakinama sub counties and some parts of Kisoro Municipality.

Ariho also revealed that water is pumped to all areas under national water everyday unlike in the past where water would be pumped to different areas in a phased manner.

He appealed to water users to always sparingly open the water taps in order not to interfere with water pressure for other users.

The LC1 Chairman of Nyakagezi cell, James Nwagayimana commended the government and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for listening to peoples cries. He noted that the locals will be saved from the burden of moving uphill in search of water.