Authorities in Nebi District have appealed to the Ministry of Health to clear the accumulated water bills of Nebbi Hospital.

Nebbi District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Dorothy Ajwang Thursday evening said they are receiving threatening demand notices from National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) over the bills.

“This hospital serves Pakwach, Nebbi, Madi Okollo and Zombo districts plus DR Congo. We have a bill which is Shs850 million, and we are unable to pay it. I want to appeal to you (investment minister Anite) so that you can talk to the Minister of Health (Dr Jane Aceng) so that they can pick up this bill,” she said.

“In Nebbi, we raise less than a billion and we have to pay our councilors…so we cannot pay this bill,” she noted, during a regional budget consultative review for FY2024/25.

But Anite, said the CAO raised a national issue which has been under President Museveni’s study.

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