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Tanzania: water and sewerage authority ranks high in corruption “list of shame”
20 Jan 10
The Tanzanian water and sewerage authority ranks fifth in the corruption ‘List of Shame” published by the regional NGO Concern for Development Initiatives in Africa (ForDIA).
Africa: ministers agree key steps forward from Johannesburg
08 Jan 10
African Ministers of Water will in the first quarter of 2010 meet with their colleague Ministers of Finance to review achievements of the 2nd Africa Water Week and to mobilise resources for the second and third phase of implementation of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI).
Southern Africa: knowledge network for sustainable sanitation launched
08 Jan 10
The Ecological Sanitation Research group (EcoSanRes) at Stockholm Environment Institute has launched the Southern Africa knowledge node on sustainable sanitation (SAKNSS).
West Africa: stopping cholera emergencies
11 Nov 09
Researchers say knowing the drivers behind behaviour and tying hygiene messages to those impulses is crucial for preventing cholera, which has become a recurring health emergency in West Africa. Sustainable change depends on making sure people practice things so that they become habits,
Tanzania: Unicef, Govt launch national hygiene campaign
11 Nov 09
A national campaign to improve hygiene and sanitation in Tanzania was launched in Dar es Salaam on 3 November 2009. Duing the campaign people are required to send photographs of the kind of toilets available or being used in the community, old toilets, filthy ones and the cleanest or new toilets.
Kenya: water ministry has lost millions
11 Nov 09
The Water ministry may have lost millions of shillings through unexplained payments to water drilling contractors. The ministry is hard put to explain the debts, which now exceed US$ 13 million and is suspected to have been lost at the National Water and Pipeline Corporation.
Swaziland: many boreholes, no water
11 Nov 09
In Swaziland over 3,000 boreholes have been drilled in the country since 1986, but over 40 per cent of the population have no access to clean water and about 90 percent of the community water projects are not functioning.
South Africa, Johannesburg: Phiri residents lose court battle
30 Oct 09
The South African water rights case (in which Phiri residents challenged the use of prepaid meters in the free basic water policy) has after five years finally ended with the country's Constitutional Court coming down squarely on the side of government and the City of Johannesburg.
Uganda: water sector loaded with corruption, US$ 32.5 million lost over last 5 years
09 Oct 09
A World Bank sponsored baseline survey on integrity in Uganda’s water supply and sanitation sector found that between US$ 5 million and US$ 10 million meant to improve access to safe water for drinking in Uganda is lost to corruption annually.
Tanzania: Ministry pledges increase of budget for rural water programme
09 Oct 09
Development partners and stakeholders have recommended an increase of funds allocation from the Treasury to the Water Sector Development Programme in an attempt to achieve set targets.
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