Pitas celebrate Hari Raya without clean water

No clean water supply in Pitas during Ramadan, Aidilfitri 

ZININ ANDONG

PITAS: The Sabah State Government has been urged to decide soon on the status of State Water Department; whether it should remain as a department or be privatized so that the water supply problems here can be fully resolved. 

Pitas Parti Warisan Sabah Coordinator Mohd. Zinin Andong Ajak said that he was made to understand that due to the impasse in making decision, the department now is facing a shortage of staff and beseted financial problems to pay their contractor’s claim. 

“There has been no clean water supply in Pitas throughout the fasting month and Hari Raya Aidilfitri up till now. The people here have to depend on mineral water to cook, drink and bath,” he said. 

According to Zinin, he was aware of some efforts by the authorities in the constituency and at the ministry level, but the water problem has remained unresolved because of the lack of manpower and funding that require a state cabinet decision and solution. 

“While waiting for a decision and solution from the Sabah Government, the lack of clean water has greatly affected various sectors such as mosques, carwash, restaurants, laundry shops, holding of festive events and daily activities,” he said.  

Zinin said, he had received information that the clean water supply problem was due to damage water pump plant generator.

However, at the same time, there appeared to be a water pump that used Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd power that had never been used for years. 

The contractor appointed for maintenance of the waterworks had also stopped work because they have yet to receive their payment, Zinin claimed.

Zinin said the water supply problem in Pitas has persisted for years and is becoming increasingly complicated. 

“Besides untreated water supply, there is also a low water pressure and notices of water supply disruption not reaching the consumers,” he said.

The Borneo Post 4/7/17

Utusan Borneo 4/7/17

Penduduk Pitas berpuasa dan beraya tanpa air bersih

Pitas hadapi masalah bekalan air sejak bertahun lama

PITAS: Kerajaan Negeri Sabah perlu mempercepatkan langkah menentukan status Jabatan Air Negeri Sabah (JANS) samada kekal sebagai jabatan atau diswastakan

ZININ ANDONG

kerana inilah pokok masalah bekalan air di sini tidak pernah selesai sejak sekian lama.

Penyelaras Parti Warisan Sabah DUN Pitas, Mohd. Zinin Andong Ajak berkata pihaknya difahamkan, ekoran keputusan yang belum menentu, JANS menghadapi kekurangan tenaga manusia dan kewangan untuk membayar tuntutan kontraktor.

“Paling teruk masalah ketiadaan bekalan air bersih berlaku sepanjang bulan puasa sehingga Hari Raya Aidilfitri dan berlanjutan sehingga kini. Penduduk bergantung air mineral untuk memasak, minum dan membersihkan diri secara ala kadar,” kata Zinin.

Zinin menyatakan pihaknya menyedari ada usaha pihak berwajib peringkat kawasan dan kementerian namun masalah tidak juga dapat diselesaikan kerana kekurangan sumber tenaga manusia dan peruntukan kewangan yang tidak mencukupi.

Menurut Zinin, ketika status JANS belum pasti, masalah ketiadaan air bersih terus berlaku dan menjejaskan pelbagai sektor seperti masjid, cuci kereta, restoran, dobi, kenduri dan kegiatan harian penduduk.

Zinin ... Penyelaras Warisan Pitas

“Saya tidak berniat menyalahkan kakitangan Jabatan Air Pitas namun terpanggil membuat kenyataan untuk menyuarakan rintihan pelbagai pihak yang disalurkan kepada kami,” katanya.

Zinin menyatakan pihaknya menerima maklumat tentang masalah yang berlaku disebabkan kerosakan generator pengepam loji air, tapi pada waktu yang sama wujud pengepam menggunakan bekalan tenaga SESB tapi tidak digunakan sejak bertahun-tahun.

Difahamkan pada masa ini, kontraktor penyelenggara pengepam air sudah menghentikan kerja-kerja mereka disebabkan belum menerima bayaran tuntutan dari JANS.

Zinin menjelaskan masalah bekalan air di Pitas sudah bertahun lamanya dan kian rumit, selain bekalan air tidak terawat, turut berlaku tekanan air rendah dan notis penutupan bekalan yang tidak sampai kepada pengguna.

Menurut Zinin, ketiadaan bekalan air bersih di sini merupakan satu ironi kerana Pitas merupakan sebuah daerah yang dikelilingi aliran Sungai Bengkoka.

Di samping itu, Pitas juga merupakan kawasan yang kaya dengan sumber air serta kawasan tadahan hujan.

LOJI penapis air tidak berfungsi. - Gambar hiasan

“Kesabaran pengguna sebenarnya sudah bertahun tapi penyelesaian yang dinanti-nantikan belum menampakkan harapan.

“Kalaulah masalah asas seperti ini pun pemimpin serta jabatan berwajib tidak mampu menyelesaikan, maka kami seluruh penduduk Pitas mendoakan agar penyelesaian dapat dicapai termasuk menggantikan kepimpinan kerajaan kepada pemimpin yang lebih mampu,” kata Zini.

PENDUDUK menerima bekalan air tidak terawat dari loji penapis.

PBS should leave BN and cooperate with Warisan: Crispin Kitingan

I choose not to be another stooge, said Crispin Kitingan

Crispin (2nd left) distributing an agriculture brochure in Tambunan during the launching ceremony of Warisan's sticker recently

I refer to the statement made by Datuk Johnny Mositun in The Borneo Post paper today (July 4, 2017).

I see it as a statement smack of worries and insecurity because he knows that the people of Sabah irrespective of race and religion are pinning their support for the Warisan Party.

For the Johnny Mositun's information, it is equally my democratic and civil rights as to when to choose the right time to be a politician.

Let it be known to him that I was never interested to become a politician from my young age to this day.

But because of the mess created by the BN-UMNO regime I felt that I could not just sit and watch the people of Sabah to continue to suffer as a result of what is happening to our economy, the silent "colonisation" of the Sabahans, the continued plundering of our depleting State wealth and resources, the continued unfair treatment of the people of Sabah as far as development, job opportunities and businesses opportunities are concerned.

I would like to ask, what concerted effort and concrete efforts are being done by PBS and the local components of the BN government are doing if they are all for the rights of the people of Sabah?

Am an Opportunist? Why would I want to join Warisan if am an opportunist? The opportunities, the power and the money are all within grasp in the BN-UMNO regime, but I choose not to be another stooge.

Isn't it childish, smack of insincerity and hypocrisy on Mositun's part for accusing me so when he's the one who's supposed to be fighting for the rights of the Sabahan people?

But he's infact like a buffalo kowtowing to the demands of UMNO? At least YB DSP Shafie Apdal and YB Darell Lieking are now fighting for the rights of the Sabahan people.

What is happening to PBS now? If it is true that PBS is truly fighting for the Sabahan's rights, I challenge PBS to leave the BN coalition and cooperate with Warisan for the future of Sabah and the people of Sabah.

CRISPIN DATUK KITINGAN

Kota Kinabalu.

4/7/17

The Borneo Post cutting about Mositun's statement on July 4, 2017

Warisan mansuh geran komunal, bangun kilang di Pensiangan

Rakyat bakal miliki tanah atas nama sendiri, peluang pekerjaan diwujud di Pensiangan

 

Peter ketika sampai di Kg Bonor, Sook

SOOK: Kehidupan penduduk kawasan Pensiangan bakal berubah dengan pemansuhan geran komunal dan pembinaan kilang berasaskan sawit selepas Parti Warisan Sabah memperoleh mandat PRU14.

Naib Presiden Warisan, Datuk Peter Anthony berkata sejak awal penubuhan parti itu yang diperkukuhkan lagi dalam ucapan Presiden, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal di Jelajah Kauraan, Keningau, kepentingan rakyat Pensiangan telah disentuh secara khusus.

“Geran komunal akan dihapuskan dan penduduk boleh memohon tanah atas

AHUAR RASAM

nama individu. Kilang pengeluar minyak masak berasaskan kelapa sawit bakal didirikan di kawasan Pensiangan,” kata Peter.

Peter yang juga Presiden KDM Malaysia berkata demikian ketika merasmikan Majlis Jasa Mu Dikenang dan Penyampaian Watikah Pelantikan Tadika Cahaya Hati, Kg Bonor di sini.

Peter menjelaskan, pemansuhan geran komunal bertujuan memberi penduduk hak milik tanah bagi membolehkan tanah itu diusahakan secara komersial lalu diwariskan kepada keturunan keluarga pemilik tanah berkenaan.

“Pembinaan kilang bahan siap seperti minyak masak adalah sejajar dengan agenda Warisan memindahkan teknologi pemprosesan bahan sawit ke Sabah di mana ketika ini kilang-kilang seumpama itu hanya terdapat di Malaya,” kata Peter.

Peter menegaskan, pengoperasian kilang seumpama itu bakal membuka ruang pekerjaan kepada penduduk setempat, pada waktu yang sama membolehkan mereka menetap di daerah asal tanpa perlu merantau jauh ke Malaya atau negara lain.

Ketibaan Peter disambut penduduk Kg Bonor dengan paluan gong Murut

Menurut Peter, pembinaan kilang di Pensiangan adalah berdasarkan bekalan sawit mentah di kawasan itu yang mencukupi ditambah bekalan dari Tenom, Keningau dan Tambunan, sementara bekalan tenaga buruh pula tersedia.

Mengenai Tadika Cahaya Hati, Peter memaklumkan bahawa komitmen kerajaan membantu meningkatkan pencapaian tadika persendirian di kawasan luar bandar sudah termasuk dalam agenda Parti Warisan melalui manifesto pengujudan Kementerian Pelajaran Sabah.

Kata Peter, melalui kementerian itu, tadika persendirian di luar bandar bakal menerima insentif pengurusan, pelatihan guru-guru, pengenalan pembelajaran bahasa ibunda dan penerbitan buku.

Turut hadir Ketua Penyelaras Warisan Pensiangan, Ahuar Rasam, Martin Tommy (Sook) dan Pendeta Dinili Rauseh.

Sebahagian hadirin di Dewan Kg Bonor, Sook

Antara persembahan murid-murid Tadika Cahaya Hati Kg Bonor, Sook