Starting next year, operators and suppliers in the water supply and sewerage services industry need to allocate one percent of their annual operation budget for integrity programmes.said the initiative was to curb offences on governance in the water services industry involving the implementation of integrity programmes such as audit, risk assessment, monitoring, training and communications.
The minister said compliance to the framework would be one of the special conditions imposed by the National Water Services Commission when awarding or renewing water supply and sewerage operator licence. Meanwhile, Charles said according to a Transparency International report, most of the water problems in the country occurred due to the lack of governance and the presence of corruption. Several water operators were investigated by the authorities for corruption and abuse of power.