Muniaro dispels politics as reason for water cut

OGONE TLHAGE WINDHOEKThe National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has discovered that ageing water pipes are the reason for its astronomical water bill, the union’s secretary-general, Job Muniaro, says.This bill was also the reason its electricity had been disconnected, he explained.The Swapo-affiliated union owes the City of Windhoek N$3 million for water alone, Muniaro said.He dismissed suggestions that the disconnection of its water and electricity was a politically motivated decision by the opposition-controlled city council.“I don’t want to comment on that. If the water was not paid, it is only fair for them to do that. It has nothing to do with politics. If politics was the intention, then it is known to them alone,” he said. Work as usualThe real reason, he said, was leaking underground pipes that neither the union nor the City had been able to detect.“You have almost every month a water bill of N$90 000… We did an investigation with the City of Windhoek; they did not detect anything. We could not observe all the pipes,” Muniaro said.Despite the water and electricity disconnection, the union was continuing its work, he said.“We will live with it; we have other offices where we will operate from.”

Muniaro dispels politics as reason for water cut

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-02

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