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Gov’t Agencies owe National Water UGX 73 billion in unpaid water bills

by Paul Murungi
Mugisha and Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ramathan Ggoobi. According the Auditor General, Mr. Ggoobi promised to clear the outstanding water bills.
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Government offices have continued to default on water bills which have ballooned to UGX 73 billion as the burden shifts to ordinary Ugandans who shoulder most of the payments.  Details submitted to Auditor General Edward Akol, reveal how National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) receivables, or amounts yet to be paid, clocked UGX 355 billion in water bills, out of which over UGX 72.5

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with highly specialised financial journalism training from South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage involves ground breaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the general Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards in business and technology at the ACME Awards.