Dawasco likely to sue Minister Sophia Simba
2009-01-28 09:11:48
By Njonanje Samwel
The Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (Dawasco) has said it will take to court the Minister for Women, Gender and Children, Sophia Simba, for an alleged illegal water connection into her Kunduchi Bahari Beach residence in Dar es Salaam. This was said by Dawasco Public Relations Manager Badra Masoud yesterday, shortly after workers of the water utility firm had dug out pipes from erring customers as part of an on-going campaign.
The digging up of illegally connected water conduits was carried out in the city suburbs of Kawe, Mwenge Mlalakuwa, Kunduchi Beach and Boko, all being served by Kawe and Boko Dawasco offices. According to Masoud, water supply to the minister�s house was first disconnected some few weeks ago, after she had failed to settle outstanding water bills. However, the supply was restored contrary to regulations.
She said Dawasco intended to prosecute the minister ``for stealing water and tempering with water utility`s infrastructure.`` ``Early this month we (Dawasco) cut off water supplies to the minister`s house. We expected that the minister would turn up to settle the bill, but she instead illegally restored the service. As you can see now, the house is enjoying the service cost free,`` Masoud told journalists at the scene of incident, while showing a re-connected part of the water system. Early this year, Dawasco embarked on a special operation to penalize customers with outstanding bills by uprooting water distribution pipes.