Re: The 170th reminder.... to the PERSON/S CONCERNED

You could ask your water vendor supplier where he gets his water from. A borehole, well or one of these water kiosks? Which brings up this subject of the numerous water kiosks that have sprouted up all over the place and are beginning to turn Mombasa 'city' into a village where the majority get their water at such places rather than through a tap via piped water, directly.

Re the worms and other 'interesting' flora and fauna that you saw in the water. One wonders what other microscopic nasties there are in it and these ones were so visible. What about the invisible ones? Who will take responsibility?

Definitely not our various water bodies including the Ministry, itself, for their representatives allow wells which are not properly covered (the one very 'loud' example being the contentious well in my neighbourhood), which is superficially covered with a grilled cover and on which everybody keeps all kinds of things including food! One has to witness what goes on there, to appreciate the worms, etc., that you saw in your water - I'm not at all surprised.

Refer to my latest email of this morning with pictures of overflowing garbage in Ganjoni and also my neighbours expanding open air 'kitchen' with the wood smoke, etc. As I've mentioned in that email and asked, too, of our various 'service' providers - what are they planning on doing to deal with the latest complaint/s?

Oh, due to the 'kitchen' and what it sells which attracts countless school kids from all around who are some of the most insolent imaginable. One wonders what they learn in school. They keep messing around with my car and setting off the alarm till the battery will go down and the next time I want to go out, it won't start. So, this afternoon, I've been taking pictures of the students who congregate around here to buy food and even eat here as benches and plates are provided by this outdoor 'kitchen'. So much for health and sanitation that our Council and the Water bodies keep talking about but do nothing.

Most of these kids are from Aga Khan Primary and High schools as well as Mombasa Primary. I'm planning to visit the school heads with the pictures, tomorrow, Insha'Allah.

Razia.


Muneer Khandwalla wrote:

Hi!  We buy our water supply from the numerous water vendors for our shop needs. We use various fluids, to sterilize this water. Sometimes the water is quite oily also. Where these vendors source the water is anybody's guess. Today I was looking in the water, I saw so many worms and other dudus. So, I ask, since the water bodies have failed in their duty to provide the populace with safe drinking water, and also failed to regulate and ensure the safe and clean provision of this life giving substance by the others, we are totally at the mercy of these water mercenaries!!  The LORD Protect us!!  fervently in prayer  M Muneer   

On 17/06/2008, Raziya wrote:   

'Morning!  Yet another week has gone by with no water. I wonder how many years or centuries it will take for our various water bodies to supply us, the residents of Coast Province and Mombasa in particular with a consistent and predictable supply of piped water?  Since it is now a few years short of half a century since we got Independence, and where before we got piped water everyday, it doesn't say much for our so-called Independence, does it? Is it going to take another half a century (by which time the writer of these 'reminders' will have definitely become past tense!), for us to get a steady supply of PIPED water? Or maybe longer or NEVER?!  Yesterday, I reported to our Water & Sewerage Co. (MOWASCO), that the pipe behind my place before the meters, was, again broken and was reassured that the matter would be reported to the area manager. But, it seems nothing has been done and should water start magically and miraculously flowing through the pipe it would all go to waste, while we (the couple of residents who still have connections), would all be going without, though, knowing my crooked neighbours who have in the past (despite most not having any meters), would be gleefully filling their containers.  Why does the Ministry still keep such pathetic employees on it's payroll? Is this a 'novel' way of creating employment with the motto, "we eat and you eat, too, doesn't matter about your performance and to hell with the people whom you are supposed to be 'serving'!" Nothing is done and they are anything but 'transparent'.  The only thing they are good at is holding countless meetings at the tax-payers expense with nothing to show for it. What do they really do at these endless meetings of theirs? One wonders....