RESIDENTS PROTESTS SHORTAGE OF ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
Some Residents of Ariaga Sub ward Bwona Parish Laroo Division in Gulu Municipality have resorted to fetching contaminated stagnant fish pond water source which is also being drunk by animals following an abrupt fencing of a community bore hole water source which is fenced inside Laroo Adra Primary School premises barring the over 3,000 community members from accessing the water to support domestic uses in their respective households Okee Charles Okiya a resident of the area revealed his dismay that the water they are currently using is stagnant and contaminated for human use pressing that they might not be in position to fully prevent corona virus outbreak. Lillian Adong another resident in the same locality explained that the clean water challenge is pushing them to drink stagnant dirty fish pond water and are afraid of water borne diseases as corona virus cases looms Mercy Lamwaka said since the school authorities have fenced the clean water source inside the school, they a...