RESIDENTS PROTESTS SHORTAGE OF ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER

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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 are now sharing a water source with animals which is currently their major Challenge Samuel Okot a thirteen Years old child residing in the same area being affected with clean water challenge revealed he is not convenient with Using the dirty constructed fish Pond water to aid his personal hygiene

And he is  now one week without washing his clothes even his body is very dirty and stingy, as the dam they are using is dirty and contains human feaces.
The community are alleging that they have been using the dirty water for one month now since the accused school authorities fenced their borehole out from accessorily for the them, something the community is optimistic that they have contracted various water bone diseases as a result of using dirty water. 



                                    

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