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Many families displaced due to water shortages in Bur-Dubo

Storyline:National News

Reports from Bay region state that acute water shortage in Bur-Dube town has caused many families to flee their houses.
Reports also highlight that many evacuated families reached Baidoa town, the capital administrative of South-West State.
Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed, Bur-Dube district deputy commissioner for social affairs, who gave exclusive interview to Goobjoog News said the serious water shortage in Bur-Dubo is worst in years and it has displaced many families who have not yet received proper support from the aid agencies except a small help from their neighbours.
He explained that residents in the area have been using dams but now dried up due to the prolonged droughts in the region.

He noted that the cost of a drum of drinking water reached sh100, 000 which is unaffordable price for many families.
Ahmed highlighted that some of South-West State ministers visited the town to monitor the situation of the area.