Works water disconnected over N$9.66m debt

The Windhoek municipality restored water to the Ministry of Works and Transport’s head office yesterday after it had been disconnected over an unpaid utility bill of N$9.66 million.

The ministry was without water for four days. The minister of works and transport was informed on Thursday after which he instructed officials to do the needful for the water supply to be restored.

The ministry only rushed to settle the bill after the water shortage became public and it emerged that taps at the building had run dry.

Minister Veikko Nekundi confirmed that he was informed last week that the water to the head office was suspended.

“I was alerted on Thursday that there was no water in the building and that it was cut because of an unpaid bill,” Nekundi told The Namibian on yesterday.