KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Water Commission (NWC) says People’s National Party (PNP) candidate, Jennifer Housen is yet to give the name of the NWC representative who she claimed gave her permission to organise a “community project” to have a resident in Mount Zion, Red Hills, St Andrew supply water from her pipe to other residents in the area.

NWC’s Vice President of Operations; Michael Dunn today told OBSERVER ONLINE that investigations into the matter are complete except for that outstanding piece of information.

The NWC last week launched a probe into the matter after a letter from Housen urging residents to make contributions to the project surfaced on social media.

The water supply company last Monday made it clear that “no arrangements have been made to facilitate this project and the Commission does not undertake improvement works in this manner.”

However, Housen, the PNP’s candidate for West Rural St Andrew, insisted that she would be available to answer any questions pertaining to the project, contending that “it may not be usual but certainly I spoke with a representative of NWC who assured me this was not untoward. I will fully cooperate with any investigation as we seek to have water to this community desperately in need.”

In the meantime, Dunn said Member of Parliament for West Rural St Andrew Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn and other stakeholders have since reached out to the NWC and “we are certainly looking into the matter to see how best we can assist these informal settlers”.

Mount Zion is an informal settlement in the Red Hills area.