Drama ensued Tuesday morning when National Water and Sewerage Corporation team landed on Elyte hostel in Kansanga as one of the major thieves that have been stealing and using water without paying bills. The team discovered that the hostel that houses majority Kampala International University (KIU) students has been using water illegally without proper connection of a meter.
Elyte hostel is located in the heart of Kansanga and it is home to hundreds of students from KIU. After a tip off from some persons neighboring the hostel, NWSC sent in their team to the hostel and to their dismay found that the hostel and its dwellers have not been paying water bills and the management had tampered with the water meter in a way that it does not read and thus cheating the NWSC company.
According to NWSC Twitter page, the hostel that borders KIU on the opposite side of the road will be dealt with and the issue is already reported to the authorities.
However, efforts to get a comment from the hostel administration were futile as they refused to comment on the issue claiming it is a ‘private affair’ as of now.
A source at the hostel who chose to remain anonymous told this site that they have not been paying for water since the time they stepped into the hostel
“In my time here, water was just ever in excess… I think it’s why the hostel fee is not that much. This is why we loved the hostel yet we did not know they were using water illegally,” the source told Campus Bee.
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