Like I said, these cooked heads know nothing when it comes to
government!! Now look at the colour of water in Kampala. Is that the kind of
water that can even remotely be claimed "normal" for drinking? These fools have
fallen into neocolonialists' trap they shall never get free from until after
million of people get killed variously.
The water obviously is chemicalized throroughly, by cooked heads who haven't
any iota of what these chemicals are!! Few years from now another version of
"AIDS" will surface in the country, trust me.
Land is going; public monies are being dished out to foreigners left, right
and centre; and the remaining ones are looted! Didn't Austin Ejiet, in his
article: "Take it or leave it, .....", stated that out of the (shs.7.9billion)
injected by the government to re-capitalized was it Bank of Uganda, only
Shs.2000.00 is left? Add to these, businesses that Ugandans have lost control
of; over 80% of Uganda economy is under foreign control! What then are wananchi
left with if not a sealed fate?
Seriously these buffoons have caused Uganda the most damage that their fate
is the gallow in my opinion.
Ocii
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City water turns green
AGNESS NANDUTU & SALOME ALWENY PARLIAMENT THE colour of tap water in
Kampala has turned green in the past one week, National Water officials have
said, adding, however, that the colour-change has no effect on peoples health.
We apologise to Parliament and the public, Dr William Muhairwe, the managing
director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation, said on Tuesday. He was
appearing before Parliaments Natural Resources Committee to defend the 2007/08
budgetary estimates for his corporation, the body in charge of providing safe
water and sewerage services in the country.
The change of colour is seasonal, Dr Muhairwe said. This kind of problem
happens twice in a year because of change of weather. The water boss said,
however, that the public should not worry because the water has been treated
and is safe for drinking.
The colour quality notwithstanding, Dr Muhairwe said, the bacteriological
quality of the water complies with the national drinking water guidelines and
the water is indeed safe for consumption. So dont bother about the colour.
Some 70 per cent of 1.8 million Kampalans have access to tap water.
A statement from Kampala Water posted yesterday on the National Water website
attributed the deterioration in colour quality to the intense algal bloom in
the Inner Murchison Bay, which is the raw water source for Kampala's water
supply. Algae are microscopic plants or plant-like organisms that live in
water or damp areas.
They flourish in lakes and ponds with poor water flow, especially during the
hot months of the year. When conditions are right, blue-green algae can
multiply and accumulate rapidly, causing a "bloom. The algae-rich water may
turn neon green, blue-green, or reddish-brown, producing bad smell or taste.
Said Dr Muhairwe: We now have a problem because we are using more chemicals to
treat the water, which is expensive. Because of the colour, there are also
problems in processing and the time taken.
In its statement, Kampala Water, which is directly in charged of delivering
clean water to the city, attributed shortages in parts of the city on
production interruptions at the new Gaba III Water Treatment Plant that is
under a commissioning and defects monitoring phase. Dr Muhairwe said the
water colour problem would continue up to September.
The chief manager of National Waters engineering services, Mr Alex Gisagara,
told MPs that the corporation will extend pipes deeper into the lake so as to
suck cleaner water even if the algae appear again.
By yesterday afternoon, some residents in Kitintale, a residential
neighbourhood in Kampala, were fearing to wash their clothes in the greenish
water, thinking the clothes would lose colour.
Others contemplated adding chemicals to the water to restore colourlessness.
People should not add any chemicals to the water because the water they get
from National Water and Sewerage Corporation has chemicals already, said Ms
Miriam Kadaga, the National Water principal publicist. What they can do is
boil the water and leave it at that.
This is not the first time the colour of water has become an issue. In April,
about 3,000 feet of Lake Victorias shoreline at Kitibulu Bay in Entebbe
changed colour to a vegetable green as a result of accumulated algae, giving
off a pungent smell.
Experts feared at the time that the colour change was a lake-wide problem. The
algae reportedly caused massive fish kills, especially at Kitinda Landing Site
in Entebbe. Some water experts say the problem stems from Lake Victoria itself,
the major source of water for Kampala, which has transformed from clear fresh
water to weed-choked, greenish water.
The algae use up oxygen in the water, killing fish, said Dr Nicholas Azza, the
assistant commissioner of water resources in the Ministry of Water and
Environment.
Researchers say the lake has eutrophied, meaning excess plant nutrients such as
phosphorous and nitrogen have made the lake fertile to the growth of algal
blooms. Untreated effluents from industries like fish factories and flower
farms around the lake, among other factors, have also contributed to the
problem.
According to its website, National Water provides water and sewerage services
in 22 towns with a population of 2.4 million people, representing 75 percent of
the large urban centres. Not all the water, however, comes from Lake Victoria.
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