Injere wrote:I take your point on the sewer.Well said. Are we then saying there are plans for NCC to extend sewerage services to these areas and that's the basis of proposed re-zoning? The last time i checked Mwene, 90% of Garden Estate is still in darkness at night and there are ONLY dirt roads barely usable during rainy seasons - NCC snoring on the job! Truth is, if there is no comprehensive solution from NCC for all the infrastructural requirements in areas such as these, i frankly dont see how rezoning will happen. Private developers will only do what's convenient for them from a biz perspective, the wider problem still remains unaffected. These are my thoughts.
Hi. Thanks for your comments. I was giving the sewer just as one example. Subject to ALL the NCC, NEMA and other relevant requirements, a private developer can put a sewer. It is already happening. In addition, we now know that there are newer, better, scientific and technologically efficient means of public waste disposal which one can use, not just the traditional sewer. These technologies are already in use in South Africa and elsewhere. Further, the development we are envisaging is comprehensive enough, covering more aspects than just sewer. We have asked that our proposals be evaluated on basis of merit, rather than being dismissed off-hand, with subtle hints of bribery etc. But I agree with you that NCC has to play its role where required. We are a solution oriented organization, not content with waiting for eons for NCC to act. We do not wish to be part of the endemic, systemic problem that the NCC seems content to babysit.