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

Mugisha and Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ramathan Ggoobi. According the Auditor General, Mr. Ggoobi promised to clear the outstanding water bills.

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 billion (20%) relates to unpaid bills by Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Some unpaid bills have been outstanding for more than two years.  The Auditor General noted that the matter of unpaid bills was brought…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking 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 for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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