Residents of Isimani in Iringa District, Iringa Region looking up in the sky for the three helicopters, one was carrying the CCM presidential candidate Jakaya Kikwete hovering around before landing. Kikwete addressed the residents at the campaign meeting yesterday held at Isimani Village.
Addressing the campaign at Isimani Village in Iringa District Kikwete said the problem of water for Isimani residents will be solved within short possible time and they will be no more travelling longer distances looking for drinking water, if re-elected for the next five years term in office.
He noted that just like he promised to bring electricity to Isimani Divistion, he will also do so for water hence reducing the problem of water that residents are facing at the moment and improving their livelihood.
Isimani Constituency has a total of three sub districts including Isimani, Pawaga and Idodi but Isimani one of division in the constituency that having the problem of water due to lack of water sources unlike Pawaga and idodi.
“I would like to thank the residents of Isimani for support that you have giving me I hope you will vote for vote again so that I can bring a long lasting solution to the water blues hence improving living standard of people because water is life,” Kikwete told the campaign rally.
Earlier, the former Member of Parliament for Isimani William Lukuvi, told the presidential hopeful that Isimani residents were facing the problem of water, in that they receive water that is available once in a week and sometime they go without water for all week or more.
Lukuvi, who has gone through unopposed in his constituency, told the CCM presidential candidate that Isimani Division has a total of 30 villages, but the residents are getting drinking water from Mbigili in kilolo District where it is trapped.
According to Lukuvi, to improve the water system in the area it needs about 3bn/- to lay new water pipes for the new water network because the water system available is old since it was built for a long time.
He added that, Isimani residents received water once in the week and sometimes they don’t have water for week or more weeks.
Ismani-Tarafani village residents in Iringa District are facing double misfortunes, that are the shortage of food and water which forced people especially women and children to wake up early in the morning looking for water, it has been disclosed.
Felister Salum, a resident of Isimani Village and mother of five children told correspondent on sideline of campaign meeting that the problem of water in the village is a long time problem, but she has now got used to the situation.
She said that she has to wake up early in the morning with water buckets to fetch water a distance of about eight kilometers, because the water which is available comes out once in a week.
“Since my family uses a lot of water every for laundering, drinking and bathing we have to go an extra mile to look for water from the water points available in the area,” she said.
“Washing of clothes is done once in a month because lack of availability of water resource and I have very few water vessels for keeping water in the house, we have to bath two liters of water instead of 10 liters due to scarcest of precious liquid……” Salum added.
Khadja Hassan (70), said she faced the same problem just like Salum and other villages, but if the government could improved the system of water, women and girls will be restrained using most of the time looking for water.
“Thank God that I have my children and grand children who are helping me looking for water everyday, without them it could not be easy for me to get water for drinking and washing,” said the senior woman.
According to the village executive officer (VEO), Andrew Mgowole, problem of water is an issue in the village and it is there to stay and people have got used to the situation.
He noted that water system which available is aged and made of asbestos material which were some of the broken as it was constructed since 1968, hence they don’t produce enough water has it comes out at least twice in the week.
And to make the matters worse the rain has not rained for consecutive three years since 2007, as result the resident also facing shortage of food due lack of rains, the area received very little rains for consecutive three years.
Comments