Governor installs interim Management
Committee
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| Adolf LeleL’Afrique |
Efforts to resolve the Kumbo water crisis
which saw the Mayor of Kumbo Council, NjongDonatusFonyuy and the Fon of Nso,
SehmMbinglo disembowel themselves in a gory public spectacle over who should
manage, appear to be at the threshold of a break through as the Governor of the
NW region, Adolf LeleL’Afrique has installed a regional management committee to
manage the water while waiting for a long term solution.
In
spite of the saber-rattling, which is characteristic of any conflict situation,
key players in the conflict appear to be showing more signs of readiness to end
the conflict which has divided the population of Nso within and without into
factions.
While
installing the committee members made up of some NW security chiefs and some
Regional delegates with Ivo Makoge as the leader, Governor Adolf LeleL’Afrique
who is the chairman of the said committee called on them to use the laws of
Cameroon to put the matter to rest.
“We
are expecting the committee to audit the management of KWA, to audit the
procedure, to audit the fiscal situation, to audit the involvement of some
stakeholders and propose a long lasting solution to government” noted the NW
chieftain.
While waiting for the long lasting
solutions, Governor Adolf LeleL’Afrique challenged the committee to implement
short term solutions which will bring peace.
He
observed that Cameroon is a state governed by laws and regulations and thus all
the stakeholders in the crisis are obliged to abide.
Since the crisis began in July 8, 2015 with
the Fon of Nso placing a traditional injunction on the activities KWA office
lodged at the Fon’s Palace faulting it for lack of transparency and
accountability in its management, several efforts have been made to seek a
peaceful solution but all these efforts ended in a fiasco.
The
fresh impetus in this new dimension of efforts to solve the problem came from
numerous petitions from both parties involved in the crisis and some concerned
individuals to the Minister of Water and Energy who therefore called on NW
Governor to form and install a committee charged with bringing short and long
term solutions.
While
some Nso inhabitants have described the set up of the committee as a stitch in
time many are those who view the move as a calculated attempt to bring back
SNEC (today camwater) to take over control of KWA.
The
Kumbo water supply system that was initiated in the late 1960’s and completed
in 1972, today has undergone several crisis and has a complex ownership claim.
While
some claim it is a Nso community water scheme realised with financial support
from Canada through the efforts of a legendary elite of Nso- Dr. Bernard
NsokikaFornlon(RIP),
Others
say it is a government-owned scheme considering the provisions of the national
legislation relating to water supply, and the technical and diplomatic role of
the Government of Cameroon in the construction and mobilization of financial
resources from the Canadian government.
In
1984, a presidential decree institutionalized state operation of all urban
water supply systems under the then Cameroon National Water Corporation (French
abbreviation SNEC).
It
would appear this paradigm was of concern to several individuals due to non-involvement
of locals in the management structure of SNEC.
In April 1991, in the wake of the political
upheavals in the country, a locally orchestrated campaign led to the forceful
expulsion of SNEC from Kumbo in October of 1991.
A
community based local institution, the Kumbo Water Authority (KWA), under the
chairmanship of the fon of Nso, with support from the elites, was created to
manage the Kumbo Water Supply.
According
to a source at MINADT who opted for anonymity, following the 2004
decentralization laws in Cameroon, GWP Cameroon worked with the Kumbo Urban
Council and facilitated the transfer of management of the Kumbo Water Supply
system to the Kumbo Urban Council.
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