Nairobi water company has been sued. Photo/Nairobi Water
Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) is being sued by The Kenya Ports Authority Pension Scheme (KPAPS) for installing a bulk water meter in a South C estate owned by the staff retirement benefits body, which it says will see all invoices from the housing units sent to it.Arrears owed by tenants in the 250 houses in South C’s Bellevue Estate have already been transferred to an account opened in respect of the bulk meter, and a demand sent to the pension scheme for settlement of the Sh1.8 million due says KPAPS.On June 7 NCWSC installed a bulk water meter in the estate and has since threatened to discontinue water supply unless all arrears are cleared by KPAPS before the end of August.KPAPS has also emphasized that “NCWSC will supply water only up to the reservoir tank serving the estate. The KPAPS will be expected to supply water to individual households within the estate. All water consumed will be billed to the KPAPS through the bulk water account”.“NWSC’s decision to install a bulk water metre before the reservoir tank and to open a bulk water account has in effect imposed on KPAPS a duty to supply water to the households within the households within the estate yet the KPAPS is barred from provision of water services under the Water Act,” the pension scheme adds.However KPAPS indicated that it is also negotiating with NWSC out of court.