City residents could be set for hefty penalties for intentionally blocking county officials from accessing their water meters if a proposal by Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja comes to fruition.
Sakaja appeared before the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee on Monday, July 21 where he proposed the introduction of penalties targeting city residents who deny acess to water meters in a move aimed at improving efficiency and curbing revenue losses for the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC).
The governor noted that meter readers faced challenges, among them was acessing meters in residential homes mainly because homeowners are mostly away.
In the event a housekeeper is present at the compound, Sakaja claims that they are typically under strict instructiions not to allow entry, further hampering the meter reading process.
