Rais wa Utumishi wa Umma anaamuru kushughulikia maji yasiyolipwa

Rais wa Utumishi wa Umma Felix Koskei ameamuru taasisi za serikali katika sekta ya maji kuchukua hatua thabiti dhidi ya udhaifu mkubwa, ikiwa ni pamoja na matumizi ya maji yasiyolipwa. Amatoa maagizo hayo wakati wa mkutano na maafisa wa Idara ya Maji ya Serikali tarehe 9 Aprili 2026. Anasema ni sehemu ya mageuzi makubwa ya serikali ili kuboresha huduma.

Felix Koskei, Rais wa Utumishi wa Umma, aliongea katika mkutano uliokuwa na katibu wakuu, wenyeviti wa bodi, wakuu wa utendaji, na maafisa wakubwa kutoka taasisi za kitaifa na kaunti.

Alilenga hasa maji yasiyolipwa, ambayo hutengenezwa lakini hayalipwi kutokana na uvujaji na viunganisho haramu. "Nimewaamuru taasisi kukabiliana na mapungufu ya kudumu yanayodhoofisha huduma. Haya ni pamoja na maji yasiyolipwa yanayosababishwa na uvujaji na viunganisho haramu," Koskei alisema.

Aliongeza kuwa utamaduni dhaifu wa matengenezo, usambazaji usio na utaratibu, na mapungufu katika usimamizi wa usafi wa mazingira yanapaswa kushughulikiwa. "Raia wanatarajia maji yatiruke kwa uhakika, mifumo ya usafi ifanye kazi, na watoa huduma wajibu haraka," alisisitiza.

Maagizo haya yanatokea wakati kesi za upungufu wa maji zimeongezeka, hasa Nairobi, ambapo kaya nyingi zinategemea maji ya mabomba. Koskei alisema maji na usafi ni muhimu kwa afya ya umma, tija ya kiuchumi, na heshima ya binadamu.

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