After the construction of three boreholes in Kabulassoke sub-county, Gomba district, in December last year, the district engineers all went back to their offices and did not inspect these water sources for the next three months. Unfortunately, two of the boreholes broke down after barely three weeks.
The residents had nothing to do but wait for the district engineers to reappear to fix the problem. It was long after district chairman Abdul Kyabangi visited the constituents that the plight came to light. This kind of thing happens in many parts of Uganda. Even in Kampala, a water pipe can overflow for more than two weeks before the responsible parties come to rectify the problem.
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