Gulu University students are cursing why they were admitted to this university after a wave of water shortage hit Gulu. It’s been two weeks now since piped water was last seen flowing out of taps in Gulu and this has affected people heavily.
Students from Gulu University are doing anything possible to get at least a Jerrycan of water for use daily. Info reaching our hive is that the water shortage has made students at the university to change their water usage as some now only bathe once especially the girls while the guys have resorted to using deodorants and spending days without taking baths. Water is so scarce that even hostels that have water reserve tanks like Florida and Ocwe hostels are facing it rough since their reserve tanks have also run dry.
Most students have now resorted to collecting rain water every time it rains and others are now seen going for borehole water in the neighboring villages. Some campus guys however are seeing this as a blessing since they are using water to get laid by the lazy girls who cannot go for water by themselves. Some students are sending village kids who charge them shs500 for a Jerrycan.
Some hardcore students especially the drunkards who are always staged at pioneer hostel bar have sworn not to shower unless when it rains since they say they do not have time to miss drinking to go queue up at the borehole and wait for water.
Lecture rooms have not been so conducive since some students come to attend without showering and the smell in the lecture rooms tend not to be good. No announcement has been made by national water on the reason for the water shortage and Gulu being a town that has faced many disasters the people tend to look at water shortage to be a very minor issue for them to even demonstrate.
Hope they receive water soon because I believe some of the students’ complexion especially the already dark ones will turn from dark to dark navy blue like.
By DANIEL ANGULU
