Choma District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni has reaffirmed government’s commitment to the provision of safe water and sanitation services.
Mr Apuleni says one of the ways government attaches the commitment was the formulation and implementation of the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (NRWSSP).
He said the NRWSSP represents government’s commitment to improving the economic and social wellbeing of the people especially the rural population.
He was speaking in Choma, Thursday, when he opened the urban focused Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) workshop organized by UNICEF.
Mr Apuleni said the NRWSSP is the government road map towards the realization of the millennium development goals (MDG) of increasing water and sanitation coverage.
He said government recognizes that implementation of this programme is not easy and expects cooperating partners such as UNICEF and all stakeholders to render support.
Speaking at the same workshop, UNICEF WASHE (Water, Sanitation and Health) monitoring officer for Southern Province Leonard Mukosha challenged local authorities to take advantage of government’s will to tackle sanitation related issues.
Mr Mukosha noted that government and donors have staked money to facilitate the work of the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (NRWSSP) but that very few local authorities formulated work plans to access the money.
He also regretted that some councils have not even put a provision for sanitation related activities in their proposed 2009 budgets and wondered how government and donors would finance sanitation activities which have not been budgeted for.
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Why not act first and then talk about it later for a change?
we are tired of hearing stories we need actions.
Which service provider has given us the best or at least good service? Better not talk about service which we shall fail to provide.
Has any body in authority looked at the cost of providing this service before talking? We want services that will add value please.
Agreeing with #2, i think leaders should be giving a performance based speech outlining what they have done, where they are now and where they want to be. This will give citizens direction, sence of appreciation and understanding of what the project is all about.
Wow that’s a new verb! “He was speaking” instead of “he said”!
Mr Apuleni sir, its your mandate to provide clean water at all costs there is nothing to reassure people.These are not elections
where we are wrongly assured of free and fair polls when its not!
Pliz stop wasting our time….safe water???SHAME!
There can never be a provision of clean and safe water as long as the decision makers have never experienced sharing water with animals or if they have never lived or visited compounds like George. In George, the council will soon move in to bury the shallow wells from which people get the only water they can use for their domestics. I always fail to understand how they can possibly go in and bury those wells without first giving cleaning alternatives that are free and close at hand. If I were a George resident, I would dig the well up as soon as the “buriers” have left. Would they rather I died of thirst? Safe water is what we the poor will always dream about but never achieve as a reality.
#8 contd. I would rather die of cholera and let the government know that they failed to deliver on their promises than die of thirst if only I can use the so called dirty water. This year, 2008, was International Year of Sanitation and I bet many people did not even know about it. The year will soon close and with it the only opportunity people would have had to access clean and safe water. Do I hear an Amen?
Boza iwe ka mutonga government has struggled and its still struggling to provide basic services. I think you meant to say Other NGOs, not government. you are busy paying yourselves huge salaries at the expense of giving Zambians basic services. At least we know your loyalty is not to your people but to you huge bellies,disappointing indeed!
“Choma District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni has reaffirmed government’s commitment to the provision of safe water and sanitation services. Mr Apuleni says one of the ways government attaches the commitment was the formulation and implementation of the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (NRWSSP).”
We want running water by the taps in houses and nothing short of this will be entertained.
Nice reading about your commitment in taking safe water to rural areas.
Too many workshops in choma.The only problem is our government is not practical oriented.its time to change our approach.People are now being paid for reading speeches.Let us look at ways on implementation or not waste time on drafting speeches