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 Posted - 13 Feb 2007 : 13:36:36
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LACK OF VEHICLES HAMPERS KMC'S EFFORT
By Amie Sanneh & Annia Gaye
The Acting Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), Francis Gomez, has said that his council is seriously faced with lack of vehicles, heavy machinery and equipment to effectively carry out their noble responsibility as required in Ebo Town, although KMC wants to do a lot of this.
Mr. Gomez made these remarks at the Ebo Town football field while speaking at the launching of the UNICEF Gambia Government Country programme of cooperation 2007-2011 and the launching of the 19 water point project in Ebo Town.
Mr. Gomez stated that KMC spends nothing less than ten million dalasi on cleansing services and more than half of that amount on water supply provision every year. "This clearly indicates the importance attached to the provision of these services by KMC," he said.
Commenting on the developments made in Ebo Town, Mr. Gomez said in the wake of the cholera outbreak in September 2005, KMC renovated a whole community centre which was turned into a cholera clinic by the Health Department, WHO and UNICEF. This, he noted, contributed to the swift eradication of the cholera outbreak in the municipality. "This initiative saved many lives," he remarked.
Mr. Gomez added that UNICEF in Collaboration with WHO, and the Department of Water Resources with support from KMC, were able to chlorinate over two thousand wells in 2005 and 2006 combined.
He however commended the Government and UNICEF for extending water facilities and connecting nineteen taps, thus providing clean water for over five thousand people.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 017/2007, 12-13 February, 2007
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