EDITORIAL: City must focus on service delivery
The ongoing court battle between the City of Windhoek and Ongos Valley Development over the latter’s plans to generate its own power is a sign of waning trust in public service providers.
It seemingly also speaks to the lack of foresight in planning and limited innovation within public entities as far as improving service delivery is concerned.
Consumers of basic municipal services want nothing but a secure, timely and reliable supply of services. All these are conditions for sound future planning, both at household and commercial levels.
It is an open secret that the Windhoek municipality would not want a situation where its clients opt to abandon the grid by generating their own power as well as coming up with their own water sources.
A situation like that would spell financial doom for the country’s biggest municipality, which is already struggling with mountain-high debts.
But City bosses must look in the mirror and realise that a recent spate of entities wanting to generate their own power and even drill boreholes is prompted by the municipality’s worrying service provision levels.
As the administrative hub of the country, we cannot afford a situation where big-paying clients opt to take matters into their own hands. It is therefore high time the municipality gets its house in order or allows those who have the financial means to take care of their needs.
It seemingly also speaks to the lack of foresight in planning and limited innovation within public entities as far as improving service delivery is concerned.
Consumers of basic municipal services want nothing but a secure, timely and reliable supply of services. All these are conditions for sound future planning, both at household and commercial levels.
It is an open secret that the Windhoek municipality would not want a situation where its clients opt to abandon the grid by generating their own power as well as coming up with their own water sources.
A situation like that would spell financial doom for the country’s biggest municipality, which is already struggling with mountain-high debts.
But City bosses must look in the mirror and realise that a recent spate of entities wanting to generate their own power and even drill boreholes is prompted by the municipality’s worrying service provision levels.
As the administrative hub of the country, we cannot afford a situation where big-paying clients opt to take matters into their own hands. It is therefore high time the municipality gets its house in order or allows those who have the financial means to take care of their needs.
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