My take on preventive measures for this not to happen again is to detach the Sewer Department from the City Councils and form a separate statutory company such as Lilongwe and Blantyre Sewage and Garbage Collection Companies. These companies should be financed by a sewer levy on waterbills and garbage collection levy on city rates. In this way the core business of these companies will be to run, maintain and develop the sewer systems, and collect refuse. Somebody has talked about irresponsible use of the sewer system by residents who throw into the toilets hard things but I also add… Read more »

MHC and LCC are no problem but the residents themselves as they flush maize cobs,news paper, rough papers and other improper materials that block the sewer system. Unless the human behavior changes or government removes duty on tissues I don’t see the problem ending any time soon.