Development banks should fund research to solve water access problems

Roysambu Primary School pupils suck water from a dry tap. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A few weeks ago, a tweet citing results from a World Bank study on improvement of water collection charges from slum dwellers drew fire from a section of Twitter users.

Ultimately, it spilt over into mainstream media, with opines from fellow columnists in the Daily Nation. The bone of contention — the disconnection of water services as a study element amongst such a vulnerable population was perhaps an unnecessary observation.

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