Mozambique: Over Ten Thousand Without Clean Water in Tete City

More than 10,000 people living in the outlying neighbourhoods of the western city of Tete are without clean drinking water. The people affected live outside of the area covered by the piped water system run by the government's Water Supply Investment and Assets Fund (FIPAG).

The problem was raised at a series of meetings addressed by the mayor of Tete, Celestino Checanhanza, the latest of which was held on 11 January. Checanhanza recognized the problem and said citizens had every right to raise it. He said the purpose of his tour of the neighbourhoods was to listen to the concerns of the residents, so that the Municipal Council can solve the problems they face.

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